In Re Madison County Probation Officers' Salaries

I. Background

The Madison County Unified Courts and the Madison Circuit Court (“Court System”) sought an increase in the salaries paid to Madison County probation officers. The Madison County Council objected to the pay increase and refused to appropriate the funds. No agreement could be reached between the Court System and the County Council.

The Honorable Thomas Newman, Jr. and the Honorable Frederick R. Spencer serve respectively as the Chief Presiding Judge of the Unified Courts and the Circuit Court Judge in Madison County. On behalf of the Court System, they jointly issued an order of…