CLERK OF THE COURT BUDGET PRESENTATION 2018-2019 -FINAL.PDF

Michael K. Jeanes
Clerk of the Superior Court’s Office
Six Six Points Points for for FY19 FY19
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NO NEW RESOURCES RESTITUTION, FINES, AND MINIMIZE SPECIAL FUNDS eINITIATIVES CONTINUED TRANSITION
REQUESTED REIUMBURSEMENT (RFR) TURNOVER COSTS w Special revenues, not w Identify, implement w Our department has
w All funds for FY19 are w This complex system w Attrition rates continue including FTG, remain and fund iniatives with included transition
requested within estab- ($2.5B in Criminal Restitu- to create concerns for steady to last FY. various special funds. expenses for the incom-
lished baseline budgets. tion Orders) is scheduled operations. These include: ing clerk within the
Fill the Gap (FTG) •Juvenile eFile baseline budget. These
w The Clerk’s Office will con- to be delivered on time w Current salaries trail other •Case Initiation expenses include items
tinue to carefully manage and UNDER budget counties and municipal- w The FY19 award is fore- •Online Payments such as changes to
positions and set aside a (May 2018). ities. Continued perform- casted to decrease (-2.5%). •eCertifications signage, stamps and
portion of fund balances ance-based merit increases, forms.
in Special Funds if w RFR will continue to be market studies and/or w As a result, together with
revenues continue to fine-tuned. In conjunction reviews of current market rising costs (merit & fixed
decline. with the project savings, ranges are vital to create benefit), requires the allo-
w For FY18, we anticipate RFR “bug” data fixes conversion will be and a competitive market. cation to General Fund to
a positive General Fund covered by existing fund- be increased ($190k).
balance. ing sources. The Office w This will not require an
requests the forecasted increase in General Fund,
$288k to be carried into as this allocation will be
FY19 for this purpose. absorbed within the FY19
budget baseline.