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Monday, February 06, 2006
Ind. Courts - Jackson County judges issue judicial mandate
The Jackson County TribTown reports today on the county's fiscal problems. Near the end of the story is this:
The plan also gives an incentive of $5,000 to Circuit Court Judge Bill Vance and Prosecutor Stephen Pierson to try to reduce their budgets by 30 percent by the Feb. 15 meeting. The $5,000 is their county paid salary, and council members voted earlier to eliminate the $5,000 pay for new Jackson Superior Court Judge Bruce Markel.On Friday, however, Markel and Vance issued a mandate that requires the council and the county auditor to show cause for why they cannot pay to maintain the work hours and rate of pay for court personnel as well as the clerical support staff for the probation department. A mandate can be challenged in court, but the council will have to pay attorney fees for itself as well as for the courts.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 6, 2006 03:21 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts