Vote: approved

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31. TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM SUPERIOR COURT LAW LIBRARY FUND TO SUPERIOR COURT BUILDING REPAIR FUND Approve the creation of the Superior Court Building Repair Fund (280) and authorize a transfer from the Law Library Fund (261) to the Superior County Court Building Repair Fund (280) in the amount of $2,063,093. Per A.R.S. § 42-17106(B) approve the following: a. Approve an increase to the FY2016 Superior Court (800) Law Library Fund (261) Non Recurring Non Project (0001) expenditure appropriation of $2,063,093. b. Approve an increase to the FY 2016 Superior Court Building Repair Fund (280) Non Recurring Non Project (0001) revenue appropriation of $2,063,093. c. Approve an increase to the FY 2016 Superior Court Building Repair Fund (280) Non Recurring Non Project (0001) expenditure appropriation of $412,619. d. Approve a decrease to the FY 2016 Non Departmental (470) Non Departmental Grants Fund (249) Non Recurring Non Project Unassigned Contingency line expenditure appropriation of ($412,619). e. Approve offsetting revenue and expenditure adjustments in the Eliminations (980) Eliminations Fund (980) Non Recurring Non Project (0001) budget of ($2,063,093). f. Instruct the Office of Management and Budget to include expenditures of $1,650,474 in the FY 2017 Budget. The Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County (Court) will use the increase in the Superior Court (800) Superior Court Building Repair Fund (280) Non Recurring Non Project (0001) budget to fund the anticipated costs of additions, alterations and repairs to the various courthouse buildings in Maricopa County as approved by the Presiding Judge. These costs include the re-modeling of the former Change of Venue cafeteria space, which is adjacent to the East Court Building (ECB), to serve as the new Law Library Resource Center (formerly known as the Law Library & Self Service Center), and the reconfiguration of an existing space at the Southeast Court location (SEF) to serve as an additional courtroom. This action is pursuant to A.R.S. § 12-305 (C), which allows the use of the Law Library fund balance in excess of $3,000 to be transferred to a building repair fund for additions, alterations and repairs to a courthouse with the approval of the Board of Supervisors and the concurrence of the Judge of the Superior Court. (C-80-16-009-2-00)