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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 that the Judicial Council approve 11 new and 10 amended Trial Court Trust Fund funds to be held on behalf of the trial courts requests totaling $10.4 million from 14 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 September 2, 2021, the Fiscal Planning Subcommittee of the Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective November 19, 2021:
1. Approve the following new requests totaling $1.8 million (Attachment 1):
a. $284,000 request of the Colusa Superior Court to complete needed alterations and improvements to courtrooms (Attachment 2);
b. $62,000 request of the Glenn Superior Court for the rental of alternate facilities for jury trials that cannot be accommodated in the court’s existing temporary facilities, and the digitization of historical case files (Attachment 3);
c. $105,000 request of the Mono Superior Court to employ technological interfaces with its case management system (CMS) (Attachment 4);
d. $50,000 request of the Mono Superior Court to replace an aging uninterrupted power supply server (Attachment 5);
e. $56,000 request of the Napa Superior Court for audiovisual improvements and network enhancements (Attachment 6);
f. $125,000 request of the Placer Superior Court to enhance the court’s current CMS (Attachment 7);
g. $200,000 request of the Placer Superior Court to expand the data storage on its current disaster recovery platform (Attachment 8);
h. $225,000 request of the Placer Superior Court for court facility and technological improvements (Attachment 9);
i. $150,000 request of the Placer Superior Court to support preplanning efforts and feasibility costs related to the replacement of the Tahoe City courthouse (Attachment 10);
j. $15,000 request of the Placer Superior Court to complete an interface project between the court and the City of Roseville police department (Attachment 11); and
k. $560,000 request of the Sutter Superior Court for facility modifications (Attachment 12).
2. Approve the following amended requests totaling $8.6 million (Attachment 13):
a. Request of the Imperial Superior Court to amend the fiscal year from 2020-21 to 2021-22 to complete several technological improvements, purchases, and facility modifications totaling $762,000 (Attachment 14);
b. Request of the Kern Superior Court to amend its CMS expenditure plan that moves the project completion from 2020-21 to 2021-22, and to hold additional funds from its 2020-21 fund balance in excess of the 3 percent cap in the amount of $1.2 million (Attachment 15);
c. Request of the Mono Superior Court to hold additional funds from its 2020-21 fund balance in excess of the 3 percent cap in the amount of $10,000 for the purchase of a new vehicle (Attachment 16);
d. Request of the Mono Superior Court to amend its digital scanning/storage project expenditure plan that moves the project completion from 2021-22 to 2022-23, and to hold additional funds from its 2020-21 fund balance in excess of the 3 percent cap in the amount of $45,000 (Attachment 17);
e. Request of the Sacramento Superior Court to amend its fiscal year of project completion for its Criminal, Traffic, and Family Law CMS from 2021-22 to 2022-23 (Attachment 18);
f. Request of the Sacramento Superior Court to amend its fiscal year of project completion for its CMS from 2020-21 to 2021-22 (Attachment 19);
g. Request of the San Francisco Superior Court to amend the fiscal year of project completion for its CMS from 2020-21 to 2023-24 (Attachment 20);
h. Request of the Shasta Superior Court to amend the fiscal year to complete several facility modifications from 2020-21 to 2021-22 (Attachment 21);
i. Request of the Tehama Superior Court to amend its CMS and digital scanning/storage project expenditure plan that moves the project completion from 2021-22 to 2022-23, and to hold additional funds from its 2020-21 fund balance in excess of the 3 percent cap in the amount of $206,000 (Attachment 22); and
j. Request of the Orange Superior Court to amend its CMS project expenditure plan that moves the project completion from 2022-23 to 2021-22 (Attachment 23).