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Registrar, coroner, district attorney and district court present funding requests to Finance Committee
Summary
The committee received letters and in-person requests including a Registrar of Voters request for $58,800 (a $3,900 increase), a coroner continuance at $68,000, Judge Monique B. Clement's request to continue $148,200 and ask for COLA for court reporters, and the DA's request to continue $300,000.
The Finance Committee received multiple justice- and election-related funding requests at its Sept. 9 meeting. A letter requested $58,800 for the Registrar of Voters (an increase of $3,900), and a letter requested continuance of $68,000 for the Lincoln Parish Coroner.
Judge Monique B. Clement attended to request continuance of $148,200 for the Third Judicial District Court and to ask that cost-of-living raises for court reporters be included should the jury grant them. James Buckley, Assistant District Attorney, requested continuance of current annual funding of $300,000 for the Lincoln Parish District Attorney's office. The minutes record these figures but do not show immediate committee votes on the individual amounts.
