Heated debate over public defender erupts at commissioners meeting

At the August 5 Board of Kimball County Commissioners meeting, the commissioners chose to move forward with contracts for Stacy C. Nossaman-Petitt as Public Defender and Lindsay R. Snyder as Guardian Ad Litem. However, at the August 19 meeting the Kovarik, Ellison, and Mathis, PC brought some concerns to the attention of the commissioners.

The commissioners were approached by the Kovarik, Ellison, and Mathis, PC in May of 2014, with a complete proposal for the public defender position. In order to make the application process a fair one, the commissioners appointed a public policy committ...