Board approves public‑defender contract after review board recommendation
After review by a contract review board, supervisors approved a four‑year public‑defender contract with phased increases; a review panel concluded the proposed contract would be more economical than hourly billing at $125/hour.
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The board received a report from a public‑defender contract review board and voted to approve a four‑year contract for the county public defender on Aug. 19. The review board — comprised of local attorneys — recommended the contract as reasonable, proposing phased increases (about 4–4.5% across contract periods); reviewers compared the proposed contract cost (roughly $174,000 with phased increases) favorably against the cost of billing at $125/hour, which would have been closer to $250,000 annually.
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