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32. SUPERIOR COURT REQUEST FOR REVIEW OVER BASELINE The Superior Court is seeking an exception to the FY 2017 Budget Guidelines and Priorities instructions that would allow the Office of Management & Budget to review and study the following requests (by fund and budget amounts) over the FY 2016 baseline budget allocations for the FY 2017 budget appropriations, Fund 100 General Fund, $921,311 in operating funds; Fund 100 General Fund, $9,156,986 in non-recurring funds: GF Operating: • 1 Commissioner and staff – $232,818 • Funding to restore bi-lingual compensation in SC - $200,000 • Disaster Recovery (Scottsdale I/O backup site) - $97,933 • IT Equipment (signature pads, touch screen, etc.) - $113,500 • IT Software / Licensing - $251,060 • Court Security Uniforms - $26,000 GF Non-recurring: • East Courts Building – 9th Floor renovation - $5,000,000 • Disaster Recovery (Hardware / Software) - $668,000 • E-courtroom Refresh - $1,500,000 • iCISng Development - $1,899,500 • (12) 6M Magnetometers - $47,220 • APX Radio - $42,266 The ever increasing workload in Juvenile Court has necessitated the addition of another Court Commissioner and support staff to manage the growing caseload. The Court is also seeking to restore the shift differential that was formerly paid to bi-lingual staff that was removed during a prior budget reduction. The Court is also seeking a funding expansion for on-going and one-time IT expenses associated with equipment refresh and upgrades. These things are required to support the workload and prior IT development expenditures. (C-80-16-011-2-00)