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Council approves public defender pay increase and authorizes fund transfer
Summary
Council approved a salary ordinance amendment to raise the public defender's pay to match the deputy prosecutor and authorized the auditor to transfer funds within the public defender budget to cover the increase.
Councilmember Rondale Brishaber moved to approve a salary ordinance amendment to raise the public defender's salary to that of the deputy prosecutor to comply with Public Defender Commission reimbursement guidelines; Councilmember Preston Shell seconded and the motion passed. The action was recorded as a motion in the minutes.
Following the ordinance amendment, Councilmember Keeley Stingel moved to allow the auditor to transfer the necessary funds within the public defender budget to effect the increase; Councilmember Brishaber seconded and the motion passed. The transcript does not include a roll-call tally for either motion.
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