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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 new requests and two amended requests totaling $3,777,553 from eight 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 the 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 meeting on September 17, 2020, the Fiscal Planning Subcommittee of the Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective November 13, 2020:
1. Approve the following new requests totaling $2,358,201 (Attachment A):
a. Superior Court of Alameda County request of $483,830 for tenant improvement projects;
b. Superior Court of Calaveras County request of $243,833 for several court improvement projects and the replacement of a 13-year-old court vehicle;
c. Superior Court of Solano County request of $358,767 to replace audio and visual systems;
d. Superior Court of Sutter County request of $500,101 for technological enhancements and facility modifications;
e. Superior Court of Shasta County request of $471,670 for several court improvement projects; and
f. Superior Court of Del Norte County request of $300,000 for court improvement projects.
2. Approve the following amended requests totaling $1,419,352 (Attachment H):
a. Superior Court of Colusa County request to amend the fiscal year of project completion from 2020-21 to 2021-22 in the amount of $642,352; and
b. Superior Court of Mendocino County request to amend the fiscal year to expend the remaining $252,435 balance of its original $777,000 request from 2019-20 to 2020-21 for a case management system.