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The Judge referred to a conversation he had with Chief Judge Trowbridge where they discussed a letter from Chief Justice James Alterman of the Supreme Court. The letter indicated the County was eligible for another judge as the population had doubled in ten years. When asked if he could use the assistance of another County Judge, Judge Stikelether responded that he "would leave that up to your wisdom." That was where the matter stood, he advised. Commissioner Lyons thought the Board would like to have Judge Stikelether's advice on this matter. Judge Stikelether responded that he would appreciate it if he were permitted healthy surroundings that would allow him to function normally, without being pushed into areas in which he functioned abnormally, where he would not function at all, incidentally, because he would step down before then. The Judge felt he could handle his case load, because he was a workaholic. Commissioner Lyons affirmed that he knew the Judge was a hard worker. Judge S.tikdlether stated that by the same token, according to the figures of the case load and population,. many counties with much less impressive figures have more than one County Judge, and he would not object. The Judge added that the only thing the County must take into consideration was that, of course, there was one courtroom area still open in the courthouse. If the situation were to come to a point that they could return to the courthouse, then a second County Judge and his judicial assistant would necessitate office space, along with an additional courtroom, which he under- stood was in the planning stage. Commissioner Lyons stated that he understood that, and that the Board would want to go about the job of trying to take care of the matter. OCT 6 1982 31 �o z.