FILL THE GAP CERTIFICATION

Maricopa County
Office of Assistant County Manager and Department of Finance
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Shelby L. Scharbach Date: September 15, 2018
CPA, CGFM To: Joy Rich, County Manager
Assistant County .- „..t•.- C-, /1 i
Manager From: Shelby E Stharléch, ssi sitant County Manager/CFO
Chief Financial Officer
301 West Jefferson Street Subject: FY 2017-2018 Fill the Gap Certification
Suite 960
Phoenix, AZ 85003-2143
Phone: 602.506-3561 The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is required to certify by authority of ARS §41-2421
Fax: 602.506-4451 (Fill the Gap Legislation) that total revenues received in Fiscal Year 2017-18 by the Superior
www.maricopa.gov/finance 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 2017-18 as
compared to Fiscal Year 1997-98 (base year). These schedules show that amounts collected
in Fiscal Year 2017-18 exceed the base year (Fiscal Yea e 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 $ 933,197.04
20.53% State Aid to Indigent Defense Fund 886,558.78
57.37% Local Courts Assistance Fund 2,477,441.66
0.49% State Treasurer (Dept of Law) 21,159.95
100.00% Total $ 4,318,357.43
This item will be on the October 10, 2018, Board of Supervisor's Agenda for approval. If you
have any questions please call me.
cc: Royce Flora, Treasurer
Honorable Janet Barton, Presiding Judge
Lee Ann Bohn, Director of Financial Operations
Pete Anderson, Deputy Court Administrator
Catherine Martin, Administration Bureau Chief
Frances Dairman-Poeppe, Public Defense Administrator
Lois Rees, Clerk of the Court Administrator
Anita Avila, Budget & Finance Manager

Maricopa County
Fill the Gap 5% Set Aside by Month
FY 2017-2018
Collections by Month Collections by Court
Superior Justice
Year Month Total Court Court
2017 Jul $379,646.97 $182,737.14 $196,909.83
2017 Aug $317,424.28 195,113.11 122,311.17
2017 Sep $344,418.92 201,674.24 142,744.68
2017 Oct $336,128.10 206,543.44 129,584.66
2017 Nov $351,811.85 182,673.33 169,138.52
2017 Dec $316,685.01 182,579.89 134,105.12
2018 Jan $311,869.57 191,412.68 120,456.89
2018 Feb $340,476.27 194,980.94 145,495.33
2018 Mar $355,881.87 252,843.91 103,037.96
2018 Apr $429,703.84 238,766.01 190,937.83
2018 May $401,925.79 265,620.98 136,304.81
2018 Jun $432,384.96 220,265.91 212,119.05
Total $4,318,357.43 $2,515,211.58 $1,803,145.85
Distribution of Fill the Gap Collections
Percentage Fund Amount
21.61% State Aid to County Attorney Fund $ 933,197.04
20.53% State Aid to Indigent Defense Fund 886,558.78
57.37% Local Courts Assistance Fund 2,477,441.66
0.49% State Treasurer (Dept of Law) 21,159.95
100.00% Total $ 4,318,357.43
Total remittances of Fines, Fees, etc. to County Treasurer
FY2018 FY1998 % increase
Full Year
Superior Court $ 48,681,159.88 $ 19,660,612.00 147.61%
Justice Courts 44,641,969.00 17,442,685.00 155.94%
Total Full Year $ 93,323,128.88 $ 37,103,297.00 151.52%