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Trial Courts | Trial Court Trust Fund Funds Held on Behalf of the Trial Courts (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
The Fiscal Planning Subcommittee of the Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends approval of six new and nine amended requests of Trial Court Trust Fund (TCTF) funds to be held on behalf of the trial courts, totaling $7.5 million from nine trial courts. Under the Judicial Council-adopted process, courts can request that a reduction in their TCTF allocations be retained in the TCTF as restricted fund balance for the benefit of those courts. The funds are then allocated back to the courts by the Judicial Council for the purposes stated in their approved requests.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Based on actions taken at its meeting on April 20, 2023, the Fiscal Planning Subcommittee of the Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective July 21, 2023, approve:
1. New funding requests, totaling $4.1 million (Attachment A), as follows:
• $913,000 request from Alameda Superior Court for implementation and deployment of the eCourt Project and migration of its case management system (Attachment B);
• $18,000 request from Lake Superior Court for case management system configuration (Attachment C);
• $30,000 request from Lake Superior Court for case management system interfacing with probation (Attachment D);
• $1 million request from Ventura Superior Court for a case management system upgrade (Attachment E);
• $838,000 request from Riverside Superior Court for the purchase of court responsible items for the new Indio Juvenile and Family Courthouse (Attachment F); and
• $1.3 million request from Riverside Superior Court for the purchase of court responsible items for the new Menifee Courthouse (Attachment G); and
2. Amended requests, totaling $3.4 million (Attachment H), as follows:
• Request of Sutter Superior Court to extend the period for technology enhancements and facility modifications from 2022-23 to 2023-24, totaling $605,000 (Attachment I);
• Request of Sutter Superior Court to reduce its original request amount by $151 and extend the period for facility upgrades from 2022-23 to
2023-24, totaling $560,000 (Attachment J);
• Request of San Benito Superior Court to repurpose funds to also include facility upgrades through fiscal year 2024-25, totaling $1.5 million (Attachment K);
• Request of Lake Superior Court to extend the period for case management system interfacing from 2022-23 to 2023-24, totaling $41,000 (Attachment L);
• Request of Sierra Superior Court to extend the period for facility upgrades from 2022-23 to 2023-24, totaling $30,000 (Attachment M);
• Request of Placer Superior Court to repurpose the balance of $64,000 to upgrade audio/video systems for remote hearings through fiscal year
2022-23 (Attachment N);
• Request of Placer Superior Court to repurpose the balance of $197,000 to upgrade audio/video systems for remote hearings through fiscal year 2022-23 (Attachment O);
• Request of Placer Superior Court to repurpose the balance of $73,000 to upgrade audio/video systems for remote hearings through fiscal year
2022-23 (Attachment P); and
• Request of San Luis Obispo Superior Court to repurpose $297,000 to make facility upgrades to construct four offices through 2023-24 (Attachment Q).
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