Federal Way Municipal Court Budget Presentation September 27, 2018 - - PDF document

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Federal Way Municipal Court Budget Presentation September 27, 2018 Judge David Larson Judge Rebecca Robertson Susanne White, Court Administrator Requests $5,000 for Community Court Expenses and Pilot Project $7,000 for increased

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Federal Way Municipal Court

Budget Presentation

September 27, 2018 Judge David Larson Judge Rebecca Robertson Susanne White, Court Administrator

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  • Requests

– $5,000 for Community Court Expenses and Pilot Project – $7,000 for increased security costs

  • Comments

– Challenges and Opportunity – Public Defense Contract – SCORE Transition

  • Jail Alternatives
  • Courtroom Improvements
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  • Spokane as an example

– Grant funding is significant

  • No funding in Federal Way

– Started small

  • Great Community - More volunteers than

needed

– Successes and failures – Part of addressing homelessness

  • Stabilization and crime free

– CC needs to grow

  • Catch 22 - Not big enough yet to warrant

breadth of services, but can’t grow without services

  • Allocation of City Funds/Grants?
  • $5,000 Pilot Project
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  • Pierce County Security (PCS)

– December 2015 @ $23.47/hour

  • PCS operation cost increases

– Insurance, equipment, supplies, taxes, fuel, the Affordable Care Act, and other business expenses.

  • PCS proposes rate of $24.60 per

hour (+$1.13 hour)

  • +$7,000 per year

Security Contract

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  • 1. Challenges for all courts of limited

jurisdiction

a) User pay system with costs, fees, assessments used to fund various programs b) RCW 10.01.160(3) c) State v. Blazina d) HB 1783

  • Example: Interest income alone has

averaged $50,773/year since 2014

  • Less infraction filings too (local issue)

e) The local impact is complicated

  • ”Cost Fee Codes”
  • 2. Opportunity

a) Alignment between AWC, WAC, and AOC to seek ways to replace lost revenue

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  • Public defense contract expires

December 31, 2018

– Guaranteed higher costs – Investment

  • Better chance of defense firm keeping

qualified people

Public Defense

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  • ADP is complex
  • Court = Long-term commitment

to jail alternatives

– Thank you for commitment to subsidies by the police department

SCORE Transition/Jail Alternatives

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Jail Alternatives

  • SCORE Transition

– Adopt a philosophy that jail alternative vendors are another jail/detention vendor

  • Not a panacea, but participation and

success rate will increase among indigent defendants

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  • Courtroom Improvements

– Unknown cost

SCORE Transition

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Questions