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Carroll County commissioners approve part-time associate juvenile court judge funded largely by circuit grant increase
Summary
Juvenile Court Judge Tom Palmer won board approval to create a contract, part-time associate juvenile court judge beginning Jan. 1, 2025, with the county’s half-year cost cited at about $64,000 and most of that to be offset by an anticipated $48,000 increase in circuit grant funds from a judicial-circuit split.
The Carroll County Board of Commissioners voted to authorize creation of a part‑time, contract associate juvenile court judge after a presentation by Juvenile Court Judge Tom Palmer.
Palmer told the board the county’s juvenile caseload and a forthcoming split of the judicial circuit require additional bench time. "What I'm proposing is to create a position of a part time contract basis, not employee of the county, no benefits... basically be a half of what would be a full time judgeship," Palmer said. He asked the board to approve a half‑year…
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