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District Attorney Tasha Mosley seeks $325,000 to raise staff wages and asks for personnel to staff new judge
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District Attorney Tasha Mosley told commissioners she needs roughly $325,000 to raise county‑paid employees toward a living wage and requested additional prosecutors and appellate attorneys to staff growing caseloads, noting staff losses to neighboring counties.
Tasha Mosley, Clayton County District Attorney, asked commissioners for about $325,000 to increase county‑paid employees’ wages toward a living‑wage base and to help retain investigators, legal assistants and victim advocates.
"We have people... working two and three jobs," Mosley said, and added that staff departures to neighboring counties have cost the office investigators and victim advocates. She characterized the request as roughly a 3% increase for county‑paid positions and said some positions have not had merit increases in two years.
Mosley also requested several position changes and additions tied to growing courtroom needs, including an assistant district attorney, a deputy chief investigator reclassification, additional appellate attorneys (she said the office needs three appellate attorneys to handle current case loads) and other court‑support personnel. She flagged that Clayton County has been approved for a sixth superior court judge but that the state has not fully funded the position yet; Mosley asked that personnel be funded sufficiently ahead of the judge’s start date so staff are in place when the courtroom begins handling cases.
Mosley did not provide precise total cost estimates for all requested personnel in the meeting, saying finance conversations were pending; commissioners took no vote on her requests at the session.
