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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 16 new and 14 amended requests of Trial Court Trust Fund (TCTF) funds to be held on behalf of the trial courts, totaling $22.5 million from 18 trial courts. Under the Judicial Council-adopted process, courts can request 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 August 31, 2023, the Fiscal Planning Subcommittee of the Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective November 17, 2023, approve:
1. New funding requests, totaling $13.2 million, as follows:
• $284,000 request from El Dorado Superior Court for implementation and deployment of its case management system (CMS);
• $70,000 request from Glenn Superior Court for courthouse renovations;
• $178,000 request from Lake Superior Court for courthouse construction;
• $110,000 request from Nevada Superior Court for various projects which include courthouse updates and implementation of a work management system;
• $295,000 request from Orange Superior Court for implementation of its CMS;
• $316,000 request from Orange Superior Court to partially fund the Oracle Infrastructure project implementation;
• $632,000 request from Orange Superior Court to partially fund the Grand Central project and integration with its CMS;
• $4 million request from San Bernardino Superior Court for courthouse construction due to six new judgeships;
• $2.3 million request from San Bernardino Superior Court for migration to a new CMS;
• $600,000 request from San Bernardino Superior Court for expansion of the existing speech-to-text technologies;
• $2.5 million request from San Bernardino Superior Court for courthouse renovations;
• $386,000 request from San Luis Obispo Superior Court for various projects including courtroom upgrades and modification projects;
• $350,000 request from Santa Clara Superior Court for implementation of an automation project;
• $714,000 request from Sutter Superior Court for various projects including technological enhancements and facility modifications;
• $389,000 request from San Joaquin Superior Court for facility upgrades; and
• $17,000 request from Sierra Superior Court for courthouse renovations; and
2. Amended requests, totaling $9.3 million, as follows:
• Request of Colusa Superior Court to extend the period for facility modifications from 2022-23 to 2025-26, totaling $284,000;
• Request of Imperial Superior Court to extend the period for courthouse construction from 2022-23 to 2023-24, totaling $100,000;
• Request of Lake Superior Court to reduce the original request of $17,000 by $8,000 and extend the period from 2022-23 to 2023-24 for a CMS project, for a revised total of $9,000;
• Request of Lake Superior Court to withdraw the original request for a CMS project from 2022-23, totaling -$30,000;
• Request of Mariposa Superior Court to extend the period for facility renovations from 2021-22 to 2022-23, and to increase the requested amount by $356,000 from $50,000 to $406,000;
• Request of Mono Superior Court to extend the period for audio and visual upgrades from 2022-23 to 2024-25, totaling $168,000;
• Request of Monterey Superior Court to extend the period for courthouse construction from 2022-23 to 2024-25, totaling $25,000;
• Request of San Benito Superior Court to extend the period for various projects from 2020-21 to 2023-24, totaling $644,000;
• Request of Ventura Superior Court to extend the period for CMS upgrades through 2025-26, and to increase the requested amount in fund balance year 2022-23 by $920,000 from $1 million to $1.9 million;
• Request of Monterey Superior Court to reduce the original request of $50,000 by $12,000 and extend the period from 2022-23 to 2023-24 for a fleet purchase, for a revised total of $38,000;
• Request of Monterey Superior Court to extend the period for facility upgrades from 2021-22 to 2022-23, and to increase the requested amount by $108,000 from $221,000 to $329,000;
• Request of Monterey Superior Court to extend the period for facility upgrades from 2020-21 to 2022-23, and to increase the requested amount by $128,000 from $169,000 to $297,000;
• Request of Monterey Superior Court to extend the period for facility upgrades from 2021-22 to 2022-23, and to increase the requested amount by $266,000 from $250,000 to $516,000; and
• Request of San Joaquin Superior Court to amend the period for facility construction through 2025-26, and to increase the requested amount for fund balance year 2022-23 by $80,000, totaling $4.5 million.
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