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DA asks for increased professional services and a permanent victims coordinator line
Summary
Brown County's district attorney requested a rise in professional-services funds for expert witnesses and asked to move a previously grant-funded victims coordinator position into the general fund with a 5% increase.
The district attorney's office requested a larger professional-services budget, citing the need for expert witnesses. Chair (S1) noted the DA's professional-services line was $5,000 last year and the DA requested $20,000 this year.
Chair (S1) also said a victims coordinator position that had been grant-funded is no longer covered by that grant and would be budgeted in the general fund with a proposed 5% increase. Officials discussed whether some of the professional-services costs may be eligible for grant reimbursement or could be paid from forfeiture funds, but the chair emphasized the DA's request would require clear budgeting whether funded by grants, forfeiture, or the general fund.
No final appropriation was approved at the workshop; staff were asked to clarify how much was actually spent this year from professional-services and whether alternate funding (forfeiture or grant) could cover some of the requested increase.
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