FTG MEMO 2019.PDF

Maricopa County โ€” Formal (2019-09-04)

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Maricopa County
Office of Assistant County Manager and Department of Finance
Shelby L. Scharbach Date: August 13, 2019
CPA, CGFM
Assistant County To: Joy Rich, County Manager
Manager
Chief Financial Officer From: Shelbygtbach, Assistant County Manager/CFO
301 Westiefferson Street
Suite 960 Subject: FY 2018-2019 Fill the Gap Certification
Phoenix, AZ 85003-2143
Phone: 602.506-3561 The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is required to certify by authority of ARS ยง41-2421
www.maricopa.govifinance Fax: 602.506-4451 (Fill the Gap Legislation) that total revenues received in Fiscal Year 2018-19 by the Superior
Court and Justice Courts are five percent or greater than revenues received in Fiscal Year
1997-98 (base year). This certification authorizes the County Treasurer to release the five
percent set aside money withheld from these revenues during the past year.
The attached schedules summarize fines, fees, penalties, surcharges, sanctions and
forfeitures collected by the Superior Court and Justice Courts for Fiscal Year 2018-19 as
compared to Fiscal Year 1997-98 (base year). These schedules show that amounts collected
in Fiscal Year 2018-19 exceed the base year (Fiscal Year 1997-98) by more than five percent
for both Courts.
The distribution of set aside monies will be as follows:
Percentage Fund Amount
21.61% State Aid to County Attorney Fund $ 940,647.01
20.53% State Aid to Indigent Defense Fund 893,636.43
57.37% Local Courts Assistance Fund 2,497,219.76
0.49% State Treasurer (Dept of Law) 21,328.88
100.00% Total $ 4,352,832.08
This item will be on the September 4, 2019, Board of Supervisor's Agenda for approval. If you
have any questions please call me.
cc: Royce Flora, Treasurer
Honorable Janet Barton, Presiding Judge
Lauren Cochran, PDS Administrator
Pete Anderson, Deputy Court Administrator
Catherine Martin, Administration Bureau Chief
Frances Dairman-Poeppe, Judicial Branch Finance & Budget Director
Anita Avila, Budget & Finance Manager

Maricopa County
Fill the Gap 5% Set Aside by Month
FY 2018-2019
Collections by Month Collections by Court
Superior Justice
Year Month Total Court Court
2018 Jul $372,578.71 $196,894.20 $175,684.51
2018 Aug $349,588.11 215,162.15 134,425.96
2018 Sep $378,290.84 180,080.68 198,210.16
2018 Oct $323,581.94 198,115.65 125,466.29
2018 Nov $350,821.97 170,615.94 180,206.03
2018 Dec $308,703.25 169,788.59 138,914.66
2019 Jan $302,711.02 202,647.81 100,063.21
2019 Feb $359,686.78 188,899.16 170,787.62
2019 Mar $346,788.52 272,464.78 74,323.74
2019 Apr $450,018.65 245,777.59 204,241.06
2019 May $415,397.70 233,445.65 181,952.05
2019 Jun $394,664.59 204,045.78 190,618.81
Total $4,352,832.08 $2,477,937.98 $1,874,894.10
Distribution of Fill the Gap Collections
Percentage Fund Amount
21.61% State Aid to County Attorney Fund $ 940,647.01
20.53% State Aid to Indigent Defense Fund 893,636.43
57.37% Local Courts Assistance Fund 2,497,219.76
0.49% State Treasurer (Dept of Law) 21,328.88
100.00% Total $ 4,352,832.08
Total remittances of Fines, Fees, etc. to County Treasurer
FY2019 FYI 998 % increase
Full Year
Superior Court $ 47,925,427.58 $ 19,660,612.00 143.76%
Justice Courts 44,793,861 .60 17,442,685.00 156.81%
Total Full Year $ 92,719,289.18 $ 37,103,297.00 149.90%