Vote: approved

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36. PUBLIC DEFENSE SERVICES REQUEST FOR REVIEW OVER BASELINE Per the Board approved FY 2016 Budget Guidelines and Priorities, approve allowing the Office of Management & Budget to review the following requests over baseline: • Capital Post-Conviction Relief (PCR) Backlog $3,652,470 (Non-Recurring Expense, Fund 100) • Capital PCR Representation Three Additional Pending Cases $455,152 (Operating Expense, Fund 100) • Capital Trial Representation Eight Additional Pending Cases $1,574,568 (Operating Expense, Fund 100) • Non-Capital Felony Representation 2% Anticipated Growth $919,483 (Operating Expense, Fund 100) • Violation of Probation Court Representation 10% Anticipated Growth $136,430 (Operating Expense, Fund 100) • Indigent Representation Support Services 25% Anticipated Growth $522,500 (Operating Expense, Fund 100) • Child Dependency Representation 25% Anticipated Growth $327,558 (Operating Expense, Fund 100) • Juvenile Guardian ad Litem (Dependency) 20% Anticipated Growth $1,839,676 (Operating Expense, Fund 100) • Parental Dependency Representation 20% Anticipated Growth $2,122,391 (Operating Expense, Fund 100) • Juvenile Delinquency and Incorrigibility 2% Anticipated Growth $33,279 (Operating Expense, Fund 100) • Juvenile Appeal Representation 5% Anticipated Growth $28,586 (Operating Expense, Fund 100) • Adult Guardian ad Litem 13% Anticipated Growth $252,846 (Operating Expense, Fund 100) • Mental Health Representation 3% Anticipated Growth $86,602 (Operating Expense, Fund 100) • Probate Representation 12% Anticipated Growth $55,118 (Operating Expense, Fund 100) The first amount requested above for Capital PCR Backlog is an ongoing need that was first addressed with non-recurring funding in FY2012-13. The original amount set aside for these cases has been fully expended. The FY2014-15 forecast for the backlog cases is currently $3.6M, and approximately the same level of spending is anticipated for FY2015-16. Funding for growth in case demand and select open case volume increases is anticipated based on forecasted needs for the constellation. The above amounts were determined following an analysis of case volume historical trends and current demands. The financial amounts are the forecasted costs for the growth if it materializes. The anticipated operating fund increase represents a 7.08% increase over the baseline budget target. (C-56-15-001-M-00)