2017 FILL THE GAP CERTIFICATION.PDF

Mancopa County
Office of Assistant County Manager and Department of Finance
Shelby L. Scharbach Date: August 4, 2017
CPA, CGFIVI
Assistant County To: Joy Rich, Coun y Manager
Manager Chief Financial Officer From: Shelby IS a ach, Assistant County Manager/CFO
301 West Jefferson Street
Suite 960 Subject: FY 2016-2017 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 §41-2421
www.maricopa.gov/finance Fax: 602.506-4451 (Fill the Gap Legislation) that total revenues received in Fiscal Year 2016-17 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 2016-17 as
compared to Fiscal Year 1997-98 (base year). These schedules show that amounts collected
in Fiscal Year 2016-17 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 $ 925,129.95
20.53% State Aid to Indigent Defense Fund 878,894.86
57.37% Local Courts Assistance Fund 2,456,025.24
0.49% State Treasurer (Dept of Law) 20,977.03
100.00% Total $ 4,281,027.08
This item will be on the August 23, 2017, Board of Supervisor's Agenda for approval. If you
have any questions please call me.
cc: Royce Flora, Treasurer
Honorable Janet Barton, Presiding Judge
Raymond Billotte, Judicial Branch Administrator
Phillip Hanley, Financial Operations Director
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 2016-2017
Collections by Month Collections by Court
Superior Justice
Year Month Total Court Court
2016 Jul $373,786.15 $197,431.63 $176,354.52
2016 Aug $327,459.48 214,025.36 113,434.12
2016 Sep $361,623.07 195,716.70 165,906.37
2016 Oct $336,635.42 184,551.38 152,084.04
2016 Nov $322,723.68 177,829.31 144,894.37
2016 Dec $309,495.94 185,639.41 123,856.53
2017 Jan $315,429.09 191,728.81 123,700.28
2017 Feb $338,152.23 197,851.52 140,300.71
2017 Mar $355,275.39 277,708.96 77,566.43
2017 Apr $454,498.23 242,926.54 211,571.69
2017 May $395,778.11 234,226.67 161,551.44
2017 Jun $390,170.30 224,928.52 165,241.78
Total $4,281,027.09 $2,524,564.81 $1,756,462.28
Distribution of Fill the Gap Collections
Percentage Fund Amount
21.61% State Aid to County Attorney Fund $925,129.95
20.53% State Aid to Indigent Defense Fund 878,894.86
57.37% Local Courts Assistance Fund 2,456,025.24
0.49% State Treasurer (Dept of Law) 20,977.03
100.00% Total $4,281,027.08
Total remittances of Fines, Fees, etc. to County Treasurer
FY2017 FY1998 % increase
Full Year
Superior Court $ 48,719,586.87 $19,660,612.00 147.80%
Justice Courts $42,921,771.45 17,442,685.00 146,07%
Total Full Year $91,641,358.32 $37,103,297,00 146.99%