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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 12 new and 12 amended Trial Court Trust Fund funds to be held on behalf of the trial courts’ requests totaling $7.9 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 1, 2022, the Fiscal Planning Subcommittee of the Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective December 2, 2022, approve:
1. New funding requests totaling $6.9 million, as follows:
• $88,000 request from Butte Superior Court to replace task chairs at a courthouse
• $69,000 request from El Dorado Superior Court for facility maintenance and repairs at a facility
• $136,000 request from El Dorado Superior Court for facility maintenance and repairs at a second facility;
• $71,000 request from Lake Superior Court for case management system (CMS) interfacing;
• $440,000 request from Lake Superior Court for new courthouse moving costs;
• $54,000 request from Mariposa Superior Court for court workspace improvements;
• $3.9 million request from Sacramento Superior Court for new courthouse relocation costs;
• $213,000 request from San Joaquin Superior Court for the shelled courtroom buildout design and planning phase at a facility;
• $30,000 request from Sierra Superior Court for courtroom alterations and improvements;
• $739,000 request from Stanislaus Superior Court for new courthouse moving costs;
• $605,000 request from Sutter Superior Court for technology and facility improvements; and
• $496,000 request from Tehama Superior Court for CMS and records destruction and scanning.
2. Amended requests totaling $1.0 million, as follows:
• Request of Colusa Superior Court to extend completion of its digitization project totaling $380,000 to 2023-24 for fund balance years 2019-20 and 2020-21, due to the need to bring file indexing in-house instead of outsourcing as originally planned;
• Request of Glenn Superior Court to amend the fiscal year from 2020-21 to 2022-23 for projects totaling $62,000 and to complete digitization of court records;
• Request of Imperial Superior Court to amend the fiscal year for completion of multiple projects to 2023-24 for fund balance years 2019-20 and 2020-21 totaling $522,000, which includes courtroom audiovisual (AV) replacement, a shade structure, window screen replacement, new flooring, ceiling painting, courthouse moving costs, ultraviolet air quality management, AV upgrades, data center appliances, networking equipment, software licenses, exterior concrete improvement, and signs and light fixture replacement; and
• Request of Lassen Superior Court to amend the use of the remaining $76,000 from 2015-16 for a CMS project to a 2022-23 expenditure in support of its new CMS project.
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