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Elk County approves higher pay for court‑appointed attorneys amid recruitment concerns; transcript contains conflicting rate figures
Summary
Commissioners voted to raise rates paid to court‑appointed/conflict attorneys to remain competitive; meeting remarks described budget impacts and recruitment challenges but the transcript records conflicting hourly figures, so the precise new rate is not specified in the meeting record.
Elk County commissioners voted on April 16 to increase the hourly rate paid to court‑appointed (conflict) attorneys to make the county more competitive and to reduce delays in securing counsel for indigent defendants.
Public defender Gary Norris and the court administrator explained that neighboring counties pay higher rates, making it harder to recruit attorneys to accept…
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