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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 16 new and nine amended Trial Court Trust Fund funds to be held on behalf of the trial courts’ requests totaling $10.2 million from 12 trial courts. Under the Judicial Council--adopted process, a court may request reduced funding as a result of the court exceeding the 3 percent fund balance cap, to be retained in the Trial Court Trust Fund for the benefit of that court.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Based on actions taken at its meeting on October 20, 2022, and its action by email meeting on December 8, 2022, the Fiscal Planning Subcommittee of the Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective January 20, 2023 approve:
1. New funding requests totaling $4.3 million (Attachment A), as follows:
• $902,000 request from Amador Superior Court to add one new courtroom to the courthouse;
• $168,000 request from Colusa Superior Court for needed alterations and improvements to the clerk’s office and judge’s chambers;
• $300,000 request from El Dorado Superior Court to digitize all court records and make them easily accessible in its case management system;
• $111,000 request from Glenn Superior Court for a digitization project;
• $393,000 request from Kings Superior Court for replacing information technology equipment in its data center;
• $236,000 request from Kings Superior Court for a surveillance system refresh;
• $25,000 request from Monterey Superior Court to fund a consultant on the design and construction of a new courthouse;
• $50,000 request from Monterey Superior Court to fund the replacement of a vehicle;
• $250,000 request from Monterey Superior Court to fund maintenance and repair projects;
• $70,000 request from Monterey Superior Court to fund critical security projects for its courthouses;
• $495,000 request from Placer Superior Court to upgrade its current video conferencing system for remote proceedings;
• $80,000 request from Placer Superior Court to make infrastructure modifications to support an increase in staffing;
• $710,000 request from San Benito Superior Court to make modifications and upgrades to its existing facility;
• $297,000 request from San Luis Obispo Superior Court to renovate office workspace;
• $122,000 request from San Luis Obispo Superior Court to upgrade its current Zoom court technology; and
• $53,000 request from San Luis Obispo Superior Court to purchase a vehicle.
2. Amended requests totaling $5.9 million (Attachment O), as follows:
• Request of Kern Superior Court to extend completion of its case management system totaling $1.8 million to 2023-24 for fund balance years 2016-17 and 2020-21 due to a change in vendors;
• Request of Mono Superior Court to extend the replacement and repair of its courtroom audiovisual control system to 2024-25 for fund balance years 2017-18 and 2019-20 due to minor audiovisual system failures and to increase the requested amount by $40,000 from $168,000 to $208,000;
• Request of Mono Superior Court to extend the interfacing of its case management system with justice partners totaling $105,000 through 2024-25 for fund balance year 2020-21 to finalize the planning phase and complete staggered deployments;
• Request of Mono Superior Court to extend its document digital scanning/storing services totaling to 2023-24 for fund balance years 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21 to convert 3 hard copy paper records into digital files and to increase the requested amount by $35,000 from $35,000 to $70,000;
• Request of Mono Superior Court to extend the period for purchasing a winter vehicle due to the economy to 2023-24 for fund balance years 2018-19 and 2019-20, and to increase the requested amount by $60,000 from $10,000 to $70,000;
• Request of Monterey Superior Court to extend the period for upgrading its power infrastructure and data center to 2022-23 for fund balance year
2021-22 to find a viable and cost-effective solution for sharing and maintaining computer systems among various branch entities, and to increase the requested amount by $221,000 from $108,000 to $329,000;
• Request of Monterey Superior Court to extend the period for landscaping and parking lot improvements to 2022-23 for fund balance years 2020-21 and 2021-22 as work has not been completed related to the original scope of the project, and to increase the requested amount by $50,000 from $247,000 to $297,000;
• Request of San Mateo Superior Court to extend the period for repairing and replacing worn and damaged flooring and carpeting to 2023-24 for fund balance years 2017-18 through 2021-22, and to increase the requested amount by $300,000 from $361,000 to $661,000; and
• Request of San Mateo Superior Court to extend the period for new builds to 2023-24 for fund balance year 2018-19 as it awaits occupied space to be vacated, and to increase the requested amount by $673,000 from $1.7 million to $2.3 million.
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