11-586. Provision for deputies, assistants and
employees
A. The public defender may, with the consent and at salaries fixed by the board of
supervisors, appoint those full-time and part-time deputies, and hire stenographers and
assistants necessary to conduct the affairs of their respective offices. The
appointments shall be in writing, and filed in the office of the county recorder.
B. Deputies shall hold office at the pleasure of the officer appointing them and
the board of supervisors.
C. Wherever possible, part-time deputies shall be appointed at minimal salaries to
supplement the regular staff of the office of the public defender. When these deputies
are appointed, the public defender shall make every effort, which does not interfere with
the faithful performance of his duties, to acquaint them fully with all phases of the
activities of his office.
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