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10/25/2006: "County May Get Additional Judge"

At the 2007 budget work shops got under way on Tuesday, The CC (County Council was told by Michael Merringer, the Administrator for the Superior and Juvenile Courts of Island and San Juan County, that a review of the cases handled by the SJC Court system has for sometime indicated there is a need for additional staffing and an additional Judge.

Merringer said that the past numbers validated the need for a 2.9 position of staff and Judge, not the previous assumed number of 2.3, and now the number has reached a full 3.0. Since this information was presented at a budget workshop, the question was asked by Councilman Myhr about where the funding was to come from. The good news was that the position will be split on a 25% to SJC and 75% to Island County, and that a portion of the funding will be provided by the State.