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Mobile council reviews $1.1 million funding request to sustain DA office’s backlog reductions
Summary
The Mobile City Council heard a request from Mobile County District Attorney Keith Blackwood for an intergovernmental funding agreement to continue temporary aid that halved the COVID-era case backlog; council members pressed for long-term fixes and noted $1.1 million is already budgeted in the general fund.
Mobile City Council members on Feb. 3 heard a request to continue municipal funding that the Mobile County District Attorney sked to sustain reductions in the office—s case backlog and to avoid staff layoffs.
The council considered resolution 01121, an intergovernmental agreement authorizing the city to provide funding assistance to the District Attorney—s Office. A representative of the office said temporary funding provided three years ago helped eliminate a COVID backlog in about a year and cut the overall backlog in half; without continued support, the office expects caseloads and pretrial jail populations to rise and time-to-trial to…
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