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Amend Salary for an Assistant County Attorney
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RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO AMEND SALARY FOR AN ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY.
WHEREAS: The Office of the Sullivan County Attorney currently has a position open for an Assistant County Attorney I; and
WHEREAS: The Office of the County Attorney, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Human Resources recently engaged an extensive and exhaustive search, , seeking to fill this vacancy; and
WHEREAS: Following a search spanning more than ten (10) months there has been only one (1) applicant for the job who possessed good experience in litigation, however was a resident of Orange County and accepted a very similar position in the Orange County Attorney’s Office; and
WHEREAS: Despite such exhaustive search the County has been unsuccessful in attracting the quality of candidates necessary to handle the depth, breadth and diversity of issues confronted daily by the Office of the County Attorney; and
WHEREAS: The current budget has listed the Assistant County Attorney I position with a salary of eighty-thousand- five hundred ($80,500.00) per annum; and
WHEREAS: The current market for attorneys with the depth and breadth of experience necessary to address the needs of the office dictates a higher starting salary; and
WHEREAS: The Office of the County Attorney has been able to identify a potential candidate, with nearly (30) years of professional litigation experience; and
WHEREAS: The Office of the County Attorney has increased the number of cases handled “in house” thereby reducing the amount paid to outside counsel; and
WHEREAS: Attracting quality and experienced attorneys to fill our openings will afford the County Attorney to further reduce the amount expended for outside counsel; now therefore it is hereby
RESOLVED: The County of Sullivan will fill the County Attorney I position at an amended salary of Ninety-Five ($95,000) per annum plus customary benefit package.
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