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JAS! 5 1983 WK <br />adopted the staff recommendation, which is <br />basically to authorize an amount not to exceed <br />$6,000 from Account #301-131-519-66.51 for <br />Courthouse construction to take us through <br />the schematic design stage. <br />REQUEST FROM PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR ASSISTANCE <br />The Board reviewed the following letter from Public <br />Defender Elton Schwarz: <br />,L t <br />DISTRIBUTION LIST <br />Commissioners ✓ <br />Administrator —�— <br />• e <br />3 P <br />• Attorney DIRECT LI S TO MAIN OFFICE: <br />• �`s...�'`130 ) 287-2966 (STUART) <br />Personnel ( 305 ) 4 "rad ' ; ORT PIERCE) <br />OFFICE OF Public WorK101) 562•1515 (NERD BEACH) <br />13KEECHOBEE) <br />ELTON H. SCHWARZ Community Dev. <br />PUBLIC DEFENDER Utilities REPLY Tort <br />NINETEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLOii-nancei <br />December 17, 1982 Other <br />LI <br />The Honorable C. Pfeiffer Trowbridge <br />Chief Judge <br />19th Judicial Circuit <br />Martin County Courthouse <br />Stuart, Florida 33494 <br />Dear ---Judge Trowbridge: <br />Because of State mandated cutbacks and other economic conditions, <br />I regret that I will be reducing the size of my staff from sixteen full <br />time Assistant Public Defenders to nine full time Assistant Public <br />Defenders as of January 1,(1982: This reduction in staff leaves me no <br />alternative other than to refuse acceptance of misdemeanor andjuvenile <br />cases in Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River Counties after January 1. <br />The following is a breakdown by county concerning the impact of <br />this reduction: <br />1. Okeechobee County: Shirley M. Brennan, my Assistant Public <br />Defender who has been in Okeechobee County for quite -some time will <br />be going on maternity leave for approximately three months and the <br />existing caseload can hopefully be handled by my other assistant as- <br />signed to Okeechobee County. Upon Ms. Brennan returning from mater- <br />nity leave, I will be in a better position to assertaiij our fiscal <br />Position for the balance of the year. 0 <br />2. Martin County All misdemeanor and juvenile cases are cur- <br />rently being handled by Janine Gedmin and Ann M. Goade. Both of these <br />individuals are being placed on indefinite leave without pay as of <br />January 1, 1983. The existing felony caseload is such as to preclude <br />the misdemeanor and juvenile cases from being handled by the two re- <br />maining assistants assigned to this office. Current estimates predi- <br />84 <br />