Washington County Attorney’s Office—2018 Annual Report 11 Civil Division As alluded to previously, the civil division’s legal imperatives transcend the county as entity, touching and concerning each county department individually. For example, the civil division continues a successful collaboration with Community Services to collect medical assistance reimbursements, attaining a collection rate “north” of 99 percent in 2018. The civil division also opened the court house doors to the county’s collections department resulting in tens of thousands of dollars put in county coffers. The year 2018 saw a continual growth in the civil division’s responsibilities in the area of the legal representation of the Resource and Energy Board (R&E). The R&E Board is a joint powers collaboration between Ramsey and Washington Counties which owns and manages a solid waste processing facility. Our work for the R&E Board is oft times enigmatic as the R&E Board is both a governmental entity and department. The foregoing was but a fractional rendering of a very busy and productive 2018 for the civil division. Attorneys Rick Hodsdon Mike Hutchinson Jessica Stott Sue Steffen Tice Jim Zuleger Paralegals Vicky Krawczeski Deb Peterson Legal Assistants Karen Fontaine Danielle Herrick Erin Hutton