Cheney council accepts public defense grant

Elected officials also approve 2017 general fund property tax, emergency medical service levies

The 2017 budget wasn’t the only item on the Cheney City Council’s Nov. 8 agenda.

The council approved a resolution accepting a public defense grant from the Washington State Office of Public Defense, money that can be used to help with services such as additional attorneys to reduce public defense caseloads, investigative and expert services for public defense cases and interpreter services for attorney-client meetings.

Cheney’s municipal court is receiving $13,500 in 2017, an amount Court Administrator Terri Cooper said is “a little less than last year.” Cheney received $14,800 in 2016.

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