

The proposal faced a lot of pushback from town justices and other community members during a July 20 public meeting in the legislative chambers of the Legislature.

The District Court would be full-time Monday through Friday. The Legislature passed a resolution on July 19 to have voters decide whether the county would shift to a District Court to handle many of the criminal cases currently in town courts. The Legislature is putting the issue on “pause” to allow a committee more time to gather and present facts to the public. By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 3 August 2023 at 4:51 pm Issue won’t be on ballot in November to allow more time to gather data, try to make case to the publicĪLBION – The Orleans County Legislature voted unanimously today to rescind a resolution from July 19 that would have put a District Court up for public referendum on the November ballot.
