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Dear Judge Jefferson:

This office is in receipt of your request for an opinion of the Attorney General in regard to salary adjustments. You set forth the following relevant facts:

On October 14, 1997 the Monroe City Council adopted a budget amendment which provided additional funding to the Monroe City Court for the purpose of salary adjustments. The funding was for two-thirds of the fiscal year. On November 2, 1997 the status change forms were submitted by the Court to the city's personnel office for implementation of the salary adjustments with a retroactive date of September 1, 1997 which…