State ex rel. Cramer v. Board of County Commissioners

The crux of this controversy concerns which entity is responsible for determining the rate of compensation for the municipal court employees in question. Pursuant to-R.C. 1901.33, a municipal judge may appoint probation officers, typists, stenographers, statistical clerks, and official court reporters, each of whose salary shall be prescribed by the legislative authority. However, R.C. 1901.31(H) empowers the clerk of court to appoint deputy clerks and the clerk may prescribe the rate of compensation for such positions.

The Crawford County Municipal Court employs one clerk of court, one…