Tarrant County Commissioners have decided not to overhaul the Criminal Court Administration. The panel agreed to form a committee.
The move should, for now, appease criminal judges, who were sometimes at odds with county administrators during Tuesday’s testy commissioners’ meeting.TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — Tarrant County commissioners will form a new committee charged with finding methods to reduce the county jail population and prevent financial mismanagement at the courthouse.
Judges and some attorneys argued such a move might allow the county government’s executive branch to influence judicial business. At least nine criminal judges spoke during the public meeting Tuesday. Most expressed frustration they were not consulted about potential changes before county staff drafted any plan for court reorganization.
Tarrant County’s top elected official, Tim O’Hare, stressed that no commissioner wants to violate separation of powers. He said the proposal outlined on Tuesday’s agenda was merely one of many potential options to address what he called financial “mismanagement” at the courthouse.“We don’t want to see people get paid for 40 hours of work if they’re working 10 hours,” O’Hare said.
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