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19. TRANSFER EXPENDITURE APPROPRIATION FOR JURY SYSTEM REWRITE Pursuant to A.R.S. §42-17106(b), approve the transfer of expenditure appropriation in the amount of $370,000 from the Non-Departmental (470) Non-Departmental Grants Fund (249) Non-Recurring (0001) Potential Expenditures from Fund Balance line to a new project in the Superior Court (800) Special Revenue Fund (259) entitled "Jury System Rewrite." Also decrease the revenue appropriation in Non-Departmental (470) Non-Departmental Grants Fund (249) Non-Recurring (0001) by $370,000. Approval of this action will support one-time expenditures for the Jury System Rewrite. In 2001, the Judicial Branch in Maricopa County purchased and implemented the Juror For Windows (JFW) vendor-supported application. This jury computer system not only supports the jury functions for the Superior Court, but also for the 23 Justice Courts and many of Maricopa County ’s municipal courts. Throughout the years, the Court has worked with the vendor to ensure compliance with Arizona law and procedures. However, system deficiencies, expensive enhancements and inadequate reporting continue to plague this system since its implementation. The Court Technology Services (CTS) department proposes to develop a new Jury system that will incorporate all the required jury functions, address jury fiscal responsibilities, add new control features and provide management reporting. The end result will be an excellent, mission-critical jury management system that will be much more efficient, effective and reliable for the Court. With this system, there would not be an annual maintenance fee; enhancements and new reports would be done by CTS; and operational costs would be reduced from its current level. With regard to expenses related to municipal courts’ requests for jurors, there is a charge-back agreement with these courts, now. A similar charge back system will be part of the new system, as well. Considering the fact that this jury systems’ customer base includes the Maricopa County Justice Courts and many of the municipal courts, the Commission on Technology (COT), Arizona Supreme Court’s IT oversight committee, gave its approval for this project. To accomplish this significant undertaking, the Maricopa County Judicial Branch requests funding for software costs and consulting services. In order to develop this application in the state-of-the-art software, new developer and server licenses must be purchased. These licenses are estimated to be $200,000. CTS also needs to augment its existing staff with three IT Application Developer contractors. The cost of these IT consulting services are estimated at $384,000. (C-38-09-003-2-00)