FY24 BUDGET PRESENTATION CONSTABLES JAN23 2023 (002).PPTX
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Maricopa County Constables FY 24 Budget Presentation January 23, 2023 10 AM Nathan Wallace Presiding Constable ABOVE BASELINE REQUEST: $15,261 • Restore Funding for Deputy Constable Warrants • Inactivate Administrative Clerk Warrants • Permanently Fund Warrants Program Deputy Constable Warrants: Restore Position Administrative Clerk Warrants: Inactivate Position Request: Fund PCN 67708 Deputy Constable Warrants at $25.50/hr. Inactivate PCN 67711 Administrative Clerk Warrants at $19.40/hr. Purpose: To increase collections of justice court warrant fees through reestablishing second warrants deputy for the northwestern part of county; to consolidate warrants clerks’ duties into one position after trial period has shown as a feasible and efficient plan. Above Baseline Request: $15,261 Above Baseline Request FY24 Position Annual Salary Variable Benefits Fixed Benefits Total PCN 67708 $ 53.244.00 $ 10,553.00 $ 13,632.00 $ 77,429.00 PCN 67711 $ (40,507.00) $ (8,029.00) $ (13,632.00) $(62,168.00) TOTAL $ 15,261.00 CONSTABLE WARRANT DIVISION – MAKE PERMANENT PROGRAM Request: Make Constable Warrant Division a permanent program within the Constables Department. Make all positions in division regular employees, no longer contract employees. No additional funding is requested. Purpose: To institutionalize a program that has demonstrated consistent successful collection of fines/fees for over ten years. To change employee status from contract to regular employee to eliminate end of fiscal year push to use vacation before it is lost. BRIEF HISTORY § 2009 – Maricopa County Justice Courts had over $92 million in outstanding fines owed by defendants who had been sentenced in civil, criminal, and criminal traffic cases. At the time, two systems were in place to collect unpaid fines; the first referred the fines to a collection agency and the other seized tax refunds from defendants. Both of these systems did little to dent the large amount of outstanding fines, so the justice courts would issue a Failure to Pay (FTP) warrant to defendants who failed to pay their fines. The fear of being arrested or jailed was sometimes enough to prompt defendants to pay their fines. However, because there was no law enforcement agency to serve these warrants, these fines would often continue to be unpaid. HISTORY OF THE CONSTABLE WARRANT DIVISION Page 2 of 3: § 2010 – Constables initiated a pilot program to determine if they could collect a significant amount of revenue for the justice courts by serving Failure to Pay warrants. After six months, the pilot program proved successful bringing in $69,770.56 from just three initial courts. § 2010 –$200,000 awarded to form the Constable Warrant Division (CWD). This funded the hiring of two warrant deputies and two warrant clerks, the purchase of a vehicle for the deputies, and the setup of two work areas in existing office space within the Northwest Regional and San Tan Regional Justice Courts. HISTORY OF THE CONSTABLE WARRANT DIVISION Page 3 of 3: Cost of the program remains the same with slight fluctuations in salaries and fuel over time. HISTORY OF THE CONSTABLE WARRANT DIVISION Program Expenses Salaries and Benefits $211,000 Vehicle/Supplies $5,000 Training $1,400 Total $217,400 REVIEW Calendar 2022 • Total Cases Served/Attempted: 30,195 – an increase overall of 7500 (25%) served/attempts. • Total Orders of Protection Served: 1,062 • Warrant Program: Revenue Collection Total (2011 to Dec 2022): $4,011,417 10 courts participating FY 24 Revenue Projection Revenue Projection $2,201,116 • Revenue from fees collected in the first half of FY23 have increased significantly as anticipated as continuation of trend from last year. • This shows an increase of 82% which has shown substantial revenue increases since this time last year. • Therefore, our revenue projection is accordingly increased with expectation for revenue to, at minimum, remain around the same as it is currently. Thank You! Questions?