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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 approving six amended requests from five trial courts for Trial Court Trust Fund funds to be held on behalf of the trial courts. Under the Judicial Council-adopted process, a court may request reduced funding as a result of a court’s 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 meetings on May 21, 2020, the Fiscal Planning Subcommittee of the Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective July 24, 2020:
1. Approve the following amended requests totaling $1,891,503 (Attachment A):
a. Superior Court of Sierra County request of $15,346, which increases its original request of $12,457 by $2,889 for new furniture (Attachment B);
b. Superior Court of Sierra County request of $21,732, which decreases its original request of $24,621 by $2,889 for facility repairs and maintenance; (Attachment C)
c. Superior Court of Napa County request to amend the fiscal year to expend the remaining $14,038 balance of its original $418,000 request from 2019-20 to 2020-21 for a case management system (CMS) (Attachment D);
d. Superior Court of San Benito County request to add $98,824 to its original $415,801 request for a CMS, and to revise the fiscal years for expenditure to $205,850 in 2019-20, $154,387.50 in 2020-21, and $154,387.50 in 2021-22 (Attachment E);
e. Superior Court of Sutter County request to amend the fiscal year to expend the balance of its $245,112 request for a CMS from 2019-20 to 2020-21 (Attachment F); and
f. Superior Court of Kern County request to amend the fiscal year to expend its $676,688 request for a CMS from 2019-20 to 2021-22 (Attachment G).