DIVISIONAL COST SUMMARY

UNIT NO. 2000

1995 1996 1997

Actual Budget Budget

Chief Judge Expenditure $ 1,379,468 $ 1,400,546 $ 313,016

Abatement 305,736 328,500 0

Revenue 2.879 17.700 18.000

Tax Levy $ 1,070,853 $ 1,054,346 $ 295,016

Clerk of Courts Expenditure $ 1,784,914 $ 1,872,914 $ 739,710

Administration Abatement 121,770 185,193 53,988

Revenue 1.762,773 210.000 156.825

Tax Levy $ -99,629 $ 1,477,721 $ 528,897

Family Section Expenditure $ 3,977,909 $ 4,284,711 $ 3,465,641

Abatement 2,079,713 2,452,635 1,771,952

Revenue 1.341.768 1.263.679 1.263.565

Tax Levy $ 1,898,196 $ 1,832,076 $ 430,124

Criminal Section Expenditure $ 10,766,079 $ 11,177,333 $ 7,078,346

Abatement 0 0 0

Revenue 1.541.718 3.083.221 3.133.033

Tax Levy $ 9,224,361 $ 8,094,112 $ 3,945,313

Civil Section Expenditure $ 6,166,632 $ 5,945,475 $ 3,991,061

Abatement 134,228 122,047 62,441

Revenue 1.791.411 2.981.907 3.003.466

Tax Levy $ 4,240,993 $ 2,841,521 $ 925,154

Children's Section Expenditure $ 5,205,689 $ 5,346,467 $ 4,804,833

Abatement 0 0 0

Revenue 1.267.370 1.221.201 1.229.419

Tax Levv $ 3938319 $ 4125266 $ 3575414

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BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

• Position actions for 1997 include:

$ 175,240 Create 5 Deputy Clerk of Court/Judicial Assistant 13,813 Create 1 Administrative Assistant I (1012 hours) 12,394 Create 1 Clerk Typist III (991 hours)

26,119 Create 1 Clerk Typist III

-33,802 Transfer 1 Network Service Analyst -42,065 Transfer 1 Management Analyst

-32,582 Transfer 1 Microcomputer Support Technician -32,852 Transfer 1 Data Processing Operation Technician II -56,916 Transfer 1 Network Manager

-52,238 Abolish 2 Clerk Typist III -49,854 Abolish 1 Projects Manager -27.179 Abolish 1 Legal Research Intern

$ -99,922 Total

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• Included in the 1997 budget is the transfer of the Courts Judicial Information Systems Division, with expenditures of $550,960, into the Department of Administration - Information Management Services Division (IMSD) to provide support to the Courthouse Data Processing Support group, which is established in the 1997 budget to consolidate data processing support services located in the Courthouse Complex.

• Two positions of Deputy Clerk of CourVJudicial Assistant are created at a cost of $70,096, to decrease the department's reliance on temporary help in these positions. The cost of these positions is offset by a reduction of $20,000 in the temporary help account and an increase of $50,000 in the department's vacancy and turnover account.

• Two positions of Deputy Clerk of CourVJudicial Assistant and one position of Clerk Typist III are created, with an expenditure increase of $96,215, to provide for the reinstatement of the Bench Warrant Removal Project for one year, preventing the unnecessary incarceration of individuals for cases which the District Attorney cannot or will not prosecute. Milwaukee County and justice system leaders are requested to sign a cooperative agreement ensuring the completion of the Bench Warrant Removal Project.

• One position of Administration Assistant 1(1,012 hours) and one position of Clerk Typist III (991 hours), with an expenditure increase of $33,707, are created to provide Jury Management coordination at the Children's Court Center for jury trials, offset by increased Vacancy and Turnover.

• Funding for the reclassified position of Children's Court Coordinator is included in the 1997 bUdget.

The position of Judicial System Review Coordinator was reclassified for a savings of $46,923.

• For 1997, two vacant positions of Clerk Typist III and the vacant position of Projects Manager are abolished. A Legal Research Intern is abolished to offset a contract with the Legal Resource Center to provide assistance to the judges with Lexis and Westlaw.

• other 1996 changes related to staffing include a decrease of $81,893 in Vacancy and Turnover from

$737,015 to $655,122, and a decrease in temporary help of$32,115, from $170,515 to $138,400. The decrease in temporary help is primarily due to the creation of two positions of Deputy Clerk of CourVJudicial Assistant in the 1997 budget.

• The cost to continue eight positions created during 1996 is $272,859. These positions include a Clerk Typist III, 1 Court Reporter, 1 Probate Court Commissioner, 1 Full-time Court Commissioner and 4 Legal Research Interns.

• One Full-Time Court Commissioner with a cost of $81,434, is transferred from the Register in Probate to the Clerk of Courts to allow for flexibility in assignment of commissioners.

• The cost of court-ordered services increased $120,250 due to increases of $6,000 in Legal Fees,

$104,250 in Guardian Ad Litem Fees, $1,000 in Witness Fees and $32,000 in Interpreter Fees, partially offset by a decrease in the Transcript Fees account of $23,000 for transcript fees for non-indigent Public Defender appointments.

ADOPTED 1997 BUDGET

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• Juror Costs increase by $9,284. This is due to an increase of $15,304, from $1,034,454 to $1,049,758, in Jurors Fees. Funding for Juror Hotel and Meal costs remain the same as in 1996. Funding for House of Correction Jury Meals decreases $6,020, from $44,320 to $38,300.

• Bailiff services increase by adding funding for four Deputy Sheriff I bailiff positions for Children's Court Center security to staff three posts and for a Deputy Sheriff I to be assigned to the Out-of-Custody Court. In total, the 1997 bailiff staffing plan provides 99 swom positions, including 95 Deputy Sheriff I, three Sergeants, one Lieutenant and 13,193 hours of overtime to provide full-time and vacation relief coverage for the following 79 posts: twenty for the Felony Judges, nineteen for the Misdemeanor Judges, eleven for the Juvenile Court Judges, four for the Family Court Judges, four for the Civil and Probate Judges, three for Civil Judges handling spin-off felonies, one for the Civil JUdge handling small claims, four for the Juvenile Court Commissioners, three for Preliminary Hearing Court, two for the Family Court Commissioner's Office, two for Intake Court, one each for the Traffic Commissioner and Small Claims Commissioner, the three additional posts at the Children's Court Center for the last half of the year and the bailiff assigned to the Out-of-Custody Court.

• Funding is provided to fund the Court's portion, including the cost of one Deputy Clerk of Court/Judicial Assistant and a part-time Court Commissioner, for the seven night per week operation of the Booking Magistrate/Out-of-Custody Intake Court Program.

• Appropriations for library services for jUdges are increased by $42,467, with an increase of $41,525, from $78,920 to $120,445, in the book budget for written materials and an increase of$1,000 for the computerized jUdicial information systems Lexis and Westlaw. The creation of a $26,600 contract with the Legal Resource Center is authorized to order and maintain written reference materials in Judges' chambers and to provide assistance to court staff in the use of Lexis andWestlaw which is completely offset with the abolishment of one position of Legal Research Intem.

• The Legal Research Center, Org. 1943, created in 1996, will continue under the control and oversight of the Chief Judge and Clerk of Circuit Court.

• Funding of $29,107 is provided for replacement and minor equipment purchases including $784 for chairs for the two positions of Deputy Clerk of Courts being added in 1997 and $28,323 for miscellaneous minor equipment.

• The KIDS State-wide child support system went on-line in Milwaukee County on September 1, 1996.

In1997, FIRSTAR will continue to print and mail support checks on a daily basis versus the thrice-weekly basis used through most of 1996. The KIDS system produces work lists for the financial component of child support enforcement and includes more detailed payment records than provided under the old system.

• Completion of the Children's Court Center will occur in 1997. Court Services will remain the same with the movement of some offices occurring.

• In 1996, the County Board of Supervisors adopted File 96-273 which authorized and directed that the Wisconsin Correctional Services and In-House Correctional Services contracts relating to the operation of the Intake Screening Center and the population levels of the Jail and House of Correction be transferred from Combined Court Related Operations to the jurisdiction of the Sheriff's Department.

This transfer was made to provide the Sheriff with tools to assist with the management of the Jail and

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to ensure the continued unhampered future operation of these programs. For 1997,these programs will remain under the jurisdiction of the Sheriff and the funding for the programs will be placed in Org.

1940.

• Funding of$14,000for the rental of the Municipal Court room in the CJF continues in 1997,which is the same rate as 1996.

• The budget provides for a Failure to Appear Initiative, authorizing the District Court Administrator or the Director of the Department of Administration to apply to the U.S. Department of Justice and the National Institute of Corrections for technical assistance in reviewing and improving Milwaukee County's current practices, including the use of improved Courthouse Complex signage, development of video outlines of court procedures and practices and better information sources and notification procedures for defendants, in an effort to reduce the "failure to appear" rate, the number of bench warrants being issued, and the number of subsequent arrests and jail detention days.

• The budget provides for the establishment of a "Guilty Plea Court" by requesting the assignment of a judge during specified "Guilty Plea Court" hours, for the purpose of expediting the release of those who wish to plead guilty, resulting in no tax levy change and directs the Director of Intergovernmental Relations to seek and secure the appropriate statutory change permitting Milwaukee County Court Commissioners to accept guilty pleas.

• State reimbursement revenue decreases$308,908, from $5,197,791 to$4,888,883, primarily due to the transfer of the Operation While Intoxicated grant of $250,000 to Org. 1940 Alternatives to Incarceration. Decreases of$26,647in the Court Support Grant and of$21,378 in reimbursement in Guardian ad Litem services are partially offset by an increase of$300 for the Chief Judge's Secretary and$20,000in Interpreter reimbursement. The reduction in reimbursement of$31,183for salary costs for judges and court reporters will result in a corresponding reduction in expenditures for these costs.

• A$305,253 increase in other revenue is primarily due to an increase of$235,000 in the Bail Forfeiture Fund which is a result of the increased jail population and a change in department policy that expedites collection of this revenue and an increase of $31,020, from $415,800to $446,820, in Interest on Investments.

ADOPTED 1997 BUDGET