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Committee approves several appropriations and staffing actions, including outside counsel funding and a Public Defender legal intern
Summary
The Finance Committee considered and acted on multiple appropriations and personnel items: a requested $230,000 appropriation for outside counsel (with interfund revenue and fund balance components), public health grant appropriations totaling $30,598, emergency services grants totaling $66,000, EMS medical direction funding of $8,175, and creation of a Public Defender legal intern position effective June 1, 2026.
The committee reviewed a series of appropriations and personnel actions across Human Resources, Public Health, Public Safety, and the Public Defender's office. The County Attorney requested an appropriation of $230,000 to pay retained outside counsel for ongoing litigation, funded with $200,000 in interfund revenue and $30,000 from fund balance/contingency; the item was discussed in committee votes and referrals recorded in the minutes.
Public Health appropriations included $1,610 for the BOLD Program Alzheimer Association award and $28,988 for CYSHCN-SS add-on funding. Emergency Services appropriated CARES UP grant funds of $41,000 and Recruitment and Retention grant funds of $25,000, and approved $8,175 for pre-hospital EMS medical direction. The Public Defender's office received authorization to create a Legal Intern position (1.0 FTE, Grade 3) effective June 1, 2026. Several motions on these items were moved by Supervisor May and Roberts and carried as recorded.
