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0 <br />CHAIRMAN Loy INFORMED MR. FORTE THAT HE WOULD BE NOTIFIED <br />WHEN THI.S WILL BE ADVERTISED FOR BIDS, <br />ROBERT E. STONE, STATE ATTORNEY APPEARED REQUESTING <br />$3,000.00 SUPPLEMENT TO HIS BUDGET DUE TO THE ADDITIONAL COUNTY <br />COURT WORK IN PROSECUTING TRAFFIC MISDEMEANORS. <br />ON LOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT* SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />MASSEY COMMISSIONER BOGOSIAN VOTED IN OPPOSITION, THE BOARD APPROVED <br />APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE ATTORNEY OF $3,000,00 FOR THE ADDITIONAL <br />COUNTY COURT WORK IN PROSECUTING TRAFFIC MISDEMEANORS. <br />THE FOLLOWING LETTER IS HEREBY BEING MADE A PART OF THESE <br />MINUTES. <br />.. Ot.E., ST141. <br />•'rF <br />` ` o OFFICE OF�9�3 "•^ 1 <br />•�� = STATE ATTORNEY�., <br />NINE77ENTM JUDICIAL. CIRCUIT OF FL.ARIDA <br />ROBERT E STONE F P. o DRAWER 4401 <br />6TAT6 ATTORNEY <br />VT. PIERCE,, FL.ORIDA,334SO <br />G� E <br />a March 7, 1973 <br />T i.Si`'' �'aa <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />Indian River County <br />Vero Beach, Florida 32960 <br />Sear Commissioners: <br />The enactment of Rule 3.115 of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. <br />by the Florida Supreme. Court, which took effect on ,January 1,'1973, has <br />created an unforseeable burden on the State Attorney's Office, since it <br />is responsible for all criminal intake in the judicial system under Rule <br />3.115. The State Attorney's Office, under this Rule, now processes, by <br />filing informations, all citizens' and law enforcement officials' misde- r <br />meanor complaints recognizable by the-County Judge by issuing warrants. �. <br />In determining the legal personnel required for prosecuting misdemeanors <br />in the County Court, the State Attorney's Office, using prior years as a <br />guide, anticipated that a part-time attorney, working twenty to twenty--• � <br />five hours per week, could perform all of the duties associated with the <br />County Court. Since the enactment of Rule 3.115, however, the attorney <br />assigned to County Court has devoted between thirty to thirty-five hours <br />per week attending to the duties of that position. Therefore, I, as <br />State Attorney, would appreciate it if the county supplement to the State <br />Attorney's Office for prosecuting misdemeanors in County Court is increa- <br />,sed three thousand dollars annually to supplement the office for prose- <br />cution of misdemeanors. <br />I appreciate your assistance in this matter. <br />Sinc y, <br />Robert E. Stone <br />RES/Zp _5 I <br />MAR 7 1973 <br />