County explores sharing more experienced assistant prosecutor with Oscoda to fill vacancy
After an assistant prosecutor resigned, Controller Paul Compo and Prosecutor Sierra Koch discussed hiring a more experienced attorney who would be a Crawford County employee assigned three days a week to Crawford and two to Oscoda, with Oscoda reimbursing 40%. The board discussed the arrangement and the position remains posted.
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County Controller Paul Compo told commissioners the assistant prosecuting attorney position has been posted following a resignation. After discussions with Prosecuting Attorney Sierra Koch, Compo said they think "there may be an opportunity to hire a more experienced attorney at a much higher cost and share them with another county." He said Oscoda County has been contacted about a shared arrangement in which the attorney would be a Crawford County employee working three days per week in Crawford and two in Oscoda, and Oscoda would reimburse Crawford 40% of the cost.
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