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16. TRANSFER EXPENDITURE APPROPRIATION RELATED TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES ENCHANCEMENT Pursuant to A.R.S. §42-17106, transfer expenditure appropriation in the amount of $200,000 from the Non-Departmental (470) Non-Departmental Grants Fund (249) Non-Recurring (0001) Potential Expenditures from Fund Balance line to the Superior Court (800) Judicial Enhancement Fund (208) Non-Recurring (0001). Also decrease the revenue appropriation in the Non-Departmental (470) Non-Departmental Grants Fund (249) Non-Recurring (0001) Potential Expenditures from Fund Balance line by $200,000. Approval of this action will support one-time expenditures for consulting services to enhance IT services within Superior Court. Increase the level of budgeted expenditures by $200,000 will allow the Court Technology Services (CTS) Department of the Maricopa County Judicial Branch to enlist IT consulting services (Two FTE’s - Web Developer Specialists) to address the deficiencies and enhancements in key functionality and data exchanges in the areas of: Justice Court financials, Juvenile Financials, Juvenile Court, Juvenile Probation and Criminal.Expected benefits of this project are: Increased efficiencies at both the court and other justice and law enforcement agencies, increased shared data across agencies and reduce overall workload required, increased availability of court statistical data will be obtained allowing for court staff to produce various ad-hoc statistical requests and increased ability to track capital cases. (C-38-09-002-2-00)