File name: JACBudgetHearings2014_20140114_074211.dcr Folder: C:\Documents and Settings\happropriations\My Documents\JAC Audio 2014 0 ~ 1/14/2014 8:02:19 AM ~ January 14, 2014 Agency Hearings 101- SC 103-CJCE 102-BLE 015-AGR 160 - CP ATTY 0 ~ 1/14/2014 8:02:19 AM ~ Start Recording 4 ~ 1/14/2014 8:02:23 AM ~ Harshman: Welcome and format.. 1:00 ~ 1/14/2014 8:03:19 AM ~ Kite: Introductions: All members of Supremem Court Justice Hill, Burke, Davis, Kate Fox. Joanne Odendahl, Kristi Racines, Steven Dreher, Rhonda Munger, District Judge Diegan from Campbell County, Angie Dorsch, Director of wyoming center for legal aid. funded with 10 filing fee, In next two years 17 judges will turn 65. Mandatory age is 70. Judicial salaries, employee compensation bumpy road, Gov included judicial employess in his recommendation. Competing with private industry. Court security funding bill not in our budget. funding of 10 milion. Fremont county first in line. Sweetwater county involved in discussion of security. 10 Million will go quickly. Bill structure: court security commission demonstrating and evaluating priorities. 7:21 ~ 1/14/2014 8:09:40 AM ~ Bebout: Feedback on language in the bill, mechanism, matching component 7:36 ~ 1/14/2014 8:09:55 AM ~ Kite: no criticism. criteria broad enough, cover most counties, recognize matching component. lot of positive 8:13 ~ 1/14/2014 8:10:32 AM ~ Kite: Technology - exception requests. Docket management system began in supreme court; electronic filing, public and courts can read documents on line. 23 counties, 23 elected district court clerks, Designing a system to fit Wyoming. 5 years to design. As of today 22 counties on line, Laramie County will be on line next month. Tremendous success. Now begin designing electronic filing system. Federal courts have used this type technology for last 10 years. Electronic filing by end of this year. Then will move to circuit courts. Funding to keep system up to date and fund future development. Better use of space in building..civics education responsibility in a more effective way. ICIVICS program, national program, computer game aimed at middle school to teach court function and changed to all govt. Video conference with Justice O'Connor. Repeat effort this Feb. Judicial Learning Center in Colorado - do something smaller but as effective here in Wyoming. Space in library to do learning center, primary need is technology. 280,000 supplemental request. Grant opportunities that require matching money. Handouts - brochure. 16:19 ~ 1/14/2014 8:18:38 AM ~ Kite: budget presented by Joann 16:32 ~ 1/14/2014 8:18:52 AM ~ Bebout: Docket - load, 16:46 ~ 1/14/2014 8:19:05 AM ~ Kite: Case loads relatively stable. 16700 filings in district court. Weighted case load study -took out domestic modifications which has multiple modifications...counting more accurately. 182000 in circuit courts..changed jursisdiction..took some off of district courts and put in circuit courts. 50000 and under cases require clerk work but not judge work. Supreme court docket relys on district courts..up and down. Rule: People get service first, then if they have a case, file the case..collections. Fremont, sweetwater, natrona county have caseloads higher than number of judges to service. Not uniform. Summary of circuit clerks is in budget. Inadequate staffing in some areas. 20:50 ~ 1/14/2014 8:23:09 AM ~ Bebout: Internal ways to be more cost effective,..magistrates? 21:10 ~ 1/14/2014 8:23:29 AM ~ Kite: Magistrate bill passed. lasked circuit court judges how to manage full time magistrates. -reduced work load, paid less. No change. Still looking at it and at compensation formulas. We have circuit court judges that are willing to travel . 300,000+ price tag. Rule 1 initiative. Domestic relations time consuming, disruptive, must be a better way. Change is difficult. 23:26 ~ 1/14/2014 8:25:45 AM ~ Stubson: Changes? 23:58 ~ 1/14/2014 8:26:17 AM ~ kite: changes in jurisdiction...push back, circuit judges like it. Attorneys with smaller cases ...simpler proceses. Can't show it quantitatvily. Increase jurisdiction more in circuit courts. positive result. 25:43 ~ 1/14/2014 8:28:02 AM ~ Dockstader: Case loads higher than staffing available. money is there to move people around, working now? 26:05 ~ 1/14/2014 8:28:24 AM ~ Kite: yes. Ex of fremond county, lander is 1.3 judges. Judget Tyler from pinedale takes every 4th or 5th case. Video conferencing. In budget but slight request for video equipment. Individual travel budgets are in the courts individual budgets. Shortfall in judges is not in our budget. Judges put in more hours and longer process time for citizens in bottleneck areas. 28:05 ~ 1/14/2014 8:30:25 AM ~ Nicholas: Circuit courts cases 113000 traffic violations over 2013. Different counties treat traffic citations different. transferring to county court. Any type of general practice? 28:55 ~ 1/14/2014 8:31:14 AM ~ Kite: Cities and towns can make judgements about where they are going to file. Teton county can make money by taking it into their own courts. No participation in process by us. Circuit court system - professional well trained uniform system. hate to see it go back to the JP system. No uniform way that we can effect that. Statutes give cities and towns authrotiy to enforce ordinances. 30:16 ~ 1/14/2014 8:32:35 AM ~ Nicholas: magistrate issue, political, statute? 30:26 ~ 1/14/2014 8:32:46 AM ~ Kite: Supreme court can decide not to fill magistrate position when it is open. When is it open? Counties want their judge. We can provide service, video, telphone warrants but counties want a member of their community as judge. 31:27 ~ 1/14/2014 8:33:46 AM ~ Esquibel: Review process in Supreme Court of lower court rulings, young people who can't afford...receive longer systems. 32:03 ~ 1/14/2014 8:34:22 AM ~ Kite: Appeal process covers that. Local judge has broad discretion. No oversight. Court and judicial and executive branch could take a look at those 33:02 ~ 1/14/2014 8:35:22 AM ~ Perkins: Tech roll out, assist legislature and courts in reviewing sentences..adult or juvenile, ability to do analysis to check sentencing and if it is doing what we want? 33:48 ~ 1/14/2014 8:36:07 AM ~ Kite: yes, Designed so data can be retrieved. ..Trends, 34:34 ~ 1/14/2014 8:36:53 AM ~ Harshman: ready for budget 34:40 ~ 1/14/2014 8:36:59 AM ~ Odendahl. Page 1 - Memorandum from Kite. All circuit judges and division administrators provide budget request to my office, reviewed, my recommendations are provided to the 5 judges who determine approval. Page 6=overview of supreme court budget. 7 divisions. Col 3 = std budget ties to IBar system. This year, two different reports similar to executive branch. Page 7 and 8 = background information. Supreme court is appellate court, circuit court,....page 8 = spreadsheets. Circuit court is 1/2 of entire budget. Means of funding= GF. 7.2 special revenue, 607000 federal dollars, 38:14 ~ 1/14/2014 8:40:33 AM ~ Nicholas: Credit card convenience fee, cost in past? 38:29 ~ 1/14/2014 8:40:48 AM ~ Odendal: when we get to that unit. Page 11 and 12= 30 main employees of supreme court. ...std budget provide day to day operations. Exc request= 4000 for instate travel for training and meetings with local bar associations for efiling process. Reduced by 46000 in last session, asking for a portion returned. 7500 in equipment and furnishings is a one time request. 40:19 ~ 1/14/2014 8:42:38 AM ~ Kite: jusdges with back problems.. 40:36 ~ 1/14/2014 8:42:55 AM ~ Perkins 40:38 ~ 1/14/2014 8:42:57 AM ~ Odendahl: 8 M total budget. page 13=spreadsheets. 40:58 ~ 1/14/2014 8:43:17 AM ~ perkins: page 11 clearance rates, filings. dispositions as percentage of filings? 41:22 ~ 1/14/2014 8:43:41 AM ~ Odendahl; yes, that is how they are calculated. 41:34 ~ 1/14/2014 8:43:53 AM ~ Stubson: fiing fees only? 41:40 ~ 1/14/2014 8:43:59 AM ~ Odendahl, yes fees for SC filings. 41:48 ~ 1/14/2014 8:44:08 AM ~ Nicholas: workmans comp appeals for last year, pls provide infol 42:14 ~ 1/14/2014 8:44:34 AM ~ Odendahl: yes will provide 42:20 ~ 1/14/2014 8:44:40 AM ~ Bebout: do other states have clearance rates..do you look into that? 42:37 ~ 1/14/2014 8:44:56 AM ~ 42:41 ~ 1/14/2014 8:45:01 AM ~ Kite: I do not know of a way to compare staff. data on topic, other ways to determine efficiencies besides clearance rate...in a particular year, number of cases in and out, does not consider complexities. internal guidleines set. Order issued that explained that and compared to national stds. Our numbers compare well, in some cases much better. do not know of staff vs clearance rate sbut will look at that. 44:23 ~ 1/14/2014 8:46:42 AM ~ Wallis: 1500 chair features? 44:31 ~ 1/14/2014 8:46:50 AM ~ Kite: sample in conference room... 44:47 ~ 1/14/2014 8:47:06 AM ~ Odendahl: executive style chairs.. ergonomic, max price 45:22 ~ 1/14/2014 8:47:41 AM ~ Bebout and Harshman 45:27 ~ 1/14/2014 8:47:46 AM ~ Odendahl: page 15 - special revenue fund...SC provides packets of forms to courts that citizens can use to represent themselves. ex = divorce, child support, No exc request. 50000 spending authority to cover cost of reporduction . 46:39 ~ 1/14/2014 8:48:58 AM ~ Nicholas: Balance of fund? 46:44 ~ 1/14/2014 8:49:04 AM ~ Odendahl: ..150,000 46:53 ~ 1/14/2014 8:49:12 AM ~ Nichoals: how much received per year? 47:01 ~ 1/14/2014 8:49:21 AM ~ odendahl: will get that amount for you. 47:22 ~ 1/14/2014 8:49:41 AM ~ harshman: what spent on? 47:27 ~ 1/14/2014 8:49:46 AM ~ Odendahl: spent just on packets, development, getting out to public. Childrens Justice Program, GAL and DFS, No exc requ. 607000 federal grant. 48:20 ~ 1/14/2014 8:50:39 AM ~ Nicholas: will this continue to be funded federally? 48:30 ~ 1/14/2014 8:50:49 AM ~ Odendahl: info received is that it will continue..all 50 states. funds provide training to judges, GAL attorneys, social workers, educators... 49:05 ~ 1/14/2014 8:51:24 AM ~ perkins: federal exp effected by sequestration? 49:20 ~ 1/14/2014 8:51:39 AM ~ Odendahl: no - DC emails ...Grant given up front and funds there. 49:41 ~ 1/14/2014 8:52:00 AM ~ odendahl: page 19 and 20- Credit card convenience fee... pay citations online. 7.4M last year in credit card payments. counties use official payments. prefer not to use it. online fee is $5 51:02 ~ 1/14/2014 8:53:21 AM ~ nicholas: blance 51:05 ~ 1/14/2014 8:53:25 AM ~ Odendahl: bal = income = will get info to you. Special revenue fund only covers those transaction fees. 51:54 ~ 1/14/2014 8:54:14 AM ~ Perkins: fes charged for processing..have 400,000 in account. should be a wash, net to zero..is this appropriate amount or should it be less? actual exps versus revenues. 52:29 ~ 1/14/2014 8:54:48 AM ~ odendahl: that is our goal. began with 8 fee, decreased it to 5, we will adjust the fee again. will look forward into efiling costs which will not have a convenience fee. 53:07 ~ 1/14/2014 8:55:27 AM ~ perkins; E-Citation? Impact..reduced administrative duties on clerks, trends? 53:35 ~ 1/14/2014 8:55:54 AM ~ Odendahl: E citation is different than E pay. E citation has finally been implemented statewide..officer files, info goes to court, goes on website to pay on line, so does save time. 54:17 ~ 1/14/2014 8:56:36 AM ~ perkins: Electronic payments...bench warrants inc or dec. 54:39 ~ 1/14/2014 8:56:58 AM ~ Odendahl: do not have that data. I believe more transient people are willing to pay on line. 12 M outstanding in payments owed to courts, 55:14 ~ 1/14/2014 8:57:33 AM ~ Odendahl: no exc budget requ 500000 spending authority. Wyo Center for legal aid.. special revenue fund, handout with highlights. Angie Dorsch is executive director. Nov 2012 website launch. hotline for advice. June 2013 full time legal aid attorney. sept 2013 Gillete has full time legal aid attorney. 830,000 grants awarded. Center works with atoorneys for pro bono wek, Wyoming veterans, access to justice commission, inc access to rural areas. page 23;= request of 4 full time employess. Contract of executive director, website developer, outreach services, asking for positions, funds in SR fund are earmakred for those. 490,000 would change object codes to become permanant state employess..considered at will employees. 1:00:20 ~ 1/14/2014 9:02:39 AM ~ nicholas: funding mechanism...how much in fund, biennial inc.. 1:00:35 ~ 1/14/2014 9:02:54 AM ~ OdendahL; 3 M in fund. partnerships, 3m spending authority, will accrue 3 M before next biennium. 1:01:41 ~ 1/14/2014 9:04:01 AM ~ Nicholas: receive 3 M per biennium from 10 fee? 1:01:52 ~ 1/14/2014 9:04:11 AM ~ OdendahL; correct... inc grant amounts available.. 1:02:13 ~ 1/14/2014 9:04:32 AM ~ Esquibel: who are the 4 non profits? 1:02:23 ~ 1/14/2014 9:04:42 AM ~ Dorsch: Wyo center for legal aid: legal aid of wyoming, hotline, Gillette office, rock springs office. Wyoming Childrens law center, coalition against domestic violence. teton county center for access to justice. 1:03:29 ~ 1/14/2014 9:05:48 AM ~ Perkins leverage funds 200,0000? 1:03:48 ~ 1/14/2014 9:06:07 AM ~ Dorsch: inc amount of grants. because of success in leveraging. 1:04:31 ~ 1/14/2014 9:06:50 AM ~ Perkins: contract with local attorneys at discounted rate to provide legal aid? 1:04:47 ~ 1/14/2014 9:07:06 AM ~ Dorsch: grant funding used for full time attorneys..one in Rock Springs and one in Gillette. Overhead and space provided by other entitites. to provide more full time attorneys. 1:05:35 ~ 1/14/2014 9:07:54 AM ~ Odendahl: 2.7M spending authority total. 1:05:55 ~ 1/14/2014 9:08:14 AM ~ Perkins: people receiving services. how is it determined? 1:06:19 ~ 1/14/2014 9:08:38 AM ~ Dorsch: applicants ..try to get them to go through hotline, provide advice and determine qualification, triage system , no waiting list. 1:06:59 ~ 1/14/2014 9:09:18 AM ~ Perkins: what is triage? 1:07:04 ~ 1/14/2014 9:09:23 AM ~ Dorsch: highest priority cases is emergency, domestic violence, child abuse, housing issue causing hoemlessness, keeping families safe and stable. 1:07:47 ~ 1/14/2014 9:10:06 AM ~ Esquibel: individual obtains prosay packet,,can they be referred to legal aid? 1:08:10 ~ 1/14/2014 9:10:30 AM ~ Dorsch: they could be referred to legal aid, call into the hotline for assistance to fill out, or bring forms to legal aid clinics, 1:08:48 ~ 1/14/2014 9:11:07 AM ~ Esquibel: in packet is info for people to access those services? 1:09:04 ~ 1/14/2014 9:11:23 AM ~ Dorsch: do not believe that info is in packets..it is on website, could be added to the packets.. Cards provided by district courts with that information. 1:09:39 ~ 1/14/2014 9:11:59 AM ~ Odendahl: page 25 and 26 = Commission member travel 15000 . provide for 2 to 3 interviews. We have had 11 interviews. Exxc request of 60000 for total of 21000 1:11:03 ~ 1/14/2014 9:13:22 AM ~ Racines: state law library - statewide outreach. patron usage has tripled over several years. current biennium had 152000 of cuts. for 2015-*16 they will strive to maintain those cuts. total = 1.3 M No exc requests. page 32 = overview of circuit court program. 0501-0505 are shared costs. remaining categories represent remaining 9. Exc requests = equipment and position for FT employee in NC. Statistics on next pages. 2013 total filings. 1:14:07 ~ 1/14/2014 9:16:26 AM ~ Bebout; how do you allocate 501-505? 1:14:16 ~ 1/14/2014 9:16:35 AM ~ Racine: not allocation system. as needed it is spent. Jury fund... 1:14:53 ~ 1/14/2014 9:17:13 AM ~ Bebout: does it revert? 1:14:59 ~ 1/14/2014 9:17:19 AM ~ Racine: yes it does. 1:15:04 ~ 1/14/2014 9:17:23 AM ~ Bebout: how much in fund? 1:15:09 ~ 1/14/2014 9:17:29 AM ~ Racine: will get information. page 35 - total filings generated 30 M in circuit court system. slight decrease from 2012. correlation of filings to law enforcement ..statewide shortage of troopers and sheriffs. 1:16:13 ~ 1/14/2014 9:18:32 AM ~ Stubson: 13 M distribution? page 35 1:16:31 ~ 1/14/2014 9:18:50 AM ~ Racine: represent civil cases...garnishments, restitution. 1:16:55 ~ 1/14/2014 9:19:15 AM ~ Bebout: misdeamoners traffic violations? 1:17:06 ~ 1/14/2014 9:19:25 AM ~ Racine: yes, majority of misdemeanors are traffice, includes drug and DUI 1:17:22 ~ 1/14/2014 9:19:41 AM ~ Kite: prior page shows 18000 non traffic misdeamenors. 1:17:42 ~ 1/14/2014 9:20:01 AM ~ Racine: page 36 - 2013 session laws, satelite courts dubois, lovell, powell. page 37, 38 are copy of report sent to aJAC describin operational changes in courts. 1:18:40 ~ 1/14/2014 9:21:00 AM ~ bebout: set aside a position, resolution? 1:18:56 ~ 1/14/2014 9:21:15 AM ~ kite: position was removed, going to request that it be funded and transferred to NC. 1:19:14 ~ 1/14/2014 9:21:33 AM ~ Bebout: same position, or just in the pool and NC has the need. 1:19:25 ~ 1/14/2014 9:21:44 AM ~ Kite: yes, same position want to allocate to NC. 1:19:37 ~ 1/14/2014 9:21:57 AM ~ Racine: chart of staffing changes, based on workload study. Position removed. 1.62 full time clerks short in NC. busiest court in the state. 1:20:34 ~ 1/14/2014 9:22:53 AM ~ Stubson: electronic fiing and docket system, expect help with efficiencies and slow growth or cut positions? 1:21:16 ~ 1/14/2014 9:23:36 AM ~ Kite; i hope so, study every 5 years, will measure that. that is the aim. 1:21:44 ~ 1/14/2014 9:24:04 AM ~ Stubson: important to us for correlation of electronic systems vs staffing. .. millions in software and equipment, hope it balances out on the personnel end. 1:22:25 ~ 1/14/2014 9:24:44 AM ~ Kite: think we are the only agency that measures that quantitative way. 1:22:41 ~ 1/14/2014 9:25:00 AM ~ Bebout: 179000 breakdown by county? 1:22:50 ~ 1/14/2014 9:25:09 AM ~ Racines: that is how the workload is claculated.. case type action, minutesper action... 1:23:27 ~ 1/14/2014 9:25:46 AM ~ Kite: can provide 1:23:45 ~ 1/14/2014 9:26:05 AM ~ Nicholas: yes we would like those 1:23:53 ~ 1/14/2014 9:26:12 AM ~ Racines: 1st shared fund SC 40 Jury fund. 20 jurors a day. 6000 per day to hold trial. 165,000 is sufficient. No exc requests. 1:24:47 ~ 1/14/2014 9:27:06 AM ~ Nicholas: how much is in the fund? how funded? 1:24:57 ~ 1/14/2014 9:27:16 AM ~ Racines: GF dollars, reverts at end of biennium 1:25:13 ~ 1/14/2014 9:27:32 AM ~ Meier: 30 per day for attendance.. make it reasonable? 1:25:34 ~ 1/14/2014 9:27:53 AM ~ Kite: joint judiciary committee discussion, should be looked at. 1:26:03 ~ 1/14/2014 9:28:23 AM ~ Meier: surrounding states paying? 1:26:16 ~ 1/14/2014 9:28:36 AM ~ Kite: yes, and do not know fed rate. 1:26:29 ~ 1/14/2014 9:28:48 AM ~ Perkins: how many people do not apply for this? track it? 1:26:50 ~ 1/14/2014 9:29:09 AM ~ Odendahl: jury selection and pay process. We only handled district courts. Circuit courts handled by county. 1:27:24 ~ 1/14/2014 9:29:43 AM ~ Nicholas: prof fees of 60000? 1:27:31 ~ 1/14/2014 9:29:51 AM ~ Racines: interpreters, hearing imparied, 1:27:49 ~ 1/14/2014 9:30:09 AM ~ Esquibel: state that reimburses based on employment rates. 1:28:14 ~ 1/14/2014 9:30:33 AM ~ Kite: i do not know of any..will make inquiry. doubt it because of the cost. 1:28:29 ~ 1/14/2014 9:30:48 AM ~ Racines: page 42 - Special fund for court magistrates. contingency fund, 9200 total. No exception reuest. 1:29:28 ~ 1/14/2014 9:31:47 AM ~ Perkins: how much not expended. 1:29:42 ~ 1/14/2014 9:32:01 AM ~ Racines: $137,000 total budget in equipment. 1:31:34 ~ 1/14/2014 9:33:54 AM ~ Esquibel: Rental costs as opposed to buying copiers 1:32:22 ~ 1/14/2014 9:34:42 AM ~ Odendahl: Cheaper to purchase outright than to lease 1:33:02 ~ 1/14/2014 9:35:22 AM ~ Racines: page 46, 3 full time positions, circuit courts. Extensive audits on all circuit courts statewide, including supreme court. $609,000 budget. 1:34:55 ~ 1/14/2014 9:37:15 AM ~ Racines: All positions were in division budget, but roving court clerk identified elsewhere in budget. 1:35:41 ~ 1/14/2014 9:38:01 AM ~ Nicholas: Funding thru court system instead of general fund. Circuit court filing fees? 1:36:13 ~ 1/14/2014 9:38:32 AM ~ Odendahl: $40 identified distribution. 2 year audit cycle as 25% fraud in circuit court system. 1:37:28 ~ 1/14/2014 9:39:47 AM ~ Racines: Temporary services, rover clerk or temporary help/pay overtime. 92% expended in past years, particularly in the summer. 1:38:29 ~ 1/14/2014 9:40:48 AM ~ Racines: page 50, first juidicial district. $3.4M budget Page 53, second juidicial district, $2.4M budget. page 56, third judicial district, $4.3M budget. Page 59, 4th judicial district, $1.7M budget. Page 62, fifth judicial district, $2.6M budget. Page 65, 6th judicial district, $3.3M budget. Page 68, 7th judicial district, exception request for $115,000 for 1 full time position, $3.6M budget. 8th judicial district on page 71, $2.6M budget, 9th judicial district, $3.8M budget. Page 76, position removed that was moved to court audits. 1:50:37 ~ 1/14/2014 9:52:57 AM ~ Meier: Judicial system aging out? 1:52:04 ~ 1/14/2014 9:54:23 AM ~ Kite: No uniform retirement age for circuit judges. 1:52:25 ~ 1/14/2014 9:54:44 AM ~ 1:52:45 ~ 1/14/2014 9:55:04 AM ~ Pause 1:52:45 ~ 1/14/2014 10:07:24 AM ~ Resume 2:01:45 ~ 1/14/2014 10:16:24 AM ~ Dreher: Technology budget request, page 82. accomplishments 14 county district courts imaging. 2:06:26 ~ 1/14/2014 10:21:05 AM ~ Stubson: Work with ETS and their resources? 2:06:35 ~ 1/14/2014 10:21:15 AM ~ Dreher: In touch with ETS, don't utilize 2:08:07 ~ 1/14/2014 10:22:46 AM ~ Dreher: Electronic citations. more accurate, less chances to make mistakes in entering data. Issues with adoption; standarization of data, uniformity. Electronic payments, improved officer safety. 2:15:37 ~ 1/14/2014 10:30:17 AM ~ Dreher: page 79, core operations, one time purchase. broken down into different jurisdictions.updating due to warranties ending. More expensive items done on appealate court level. 2:21:29 ~ 1/14/2014 10:36:08 AM ~ Odendahl: Equipment does not become part of the standard budget. 2:22:30 ~ 1/14/2014 10:37:10 AM ~ Dreher: page 79, Supreme Court Learning Center. Multiple phases, phase 2. 2:24:55 ~ 1/14/2014 10:39:35 AM ~ Dockstader: grants? 2:25:06 ~ 1/14/2014 10:39:45 AM ~ Kite: Grants are hopeful, infrastructure and additional displays needs. 2:25:42 ~ 1/14/2014 10:40:21 AM ~ Bebout: grants from other sources? 2:26:39 ~ 1/14/2014 10:41:18 AM ~ Dreher: Off State of Colorado cost sheet to replicate. $280,000 one time request. 2:30:52 ~ 1/14/2014 10:45:32 AM ~ Dreher: Priority 3, Juror management, what are other states doing? Includes accuracy of information, ie deceased or current addresses, phone reporting, electronic questionairre.$656,000 request. 2:35:47 ~ 1/14/2014 10:50:26 AM ~ Dreher: page 80, priority 4, video appearance. Used in district courts, looking at circuit courts. $36,000 request for 3 additional locations. 2:38:20 ~ 1/14/2014 10:53:00 AM ~ Stubson: How much used? 2:38:27 ~ 1/14/2014 10:53:06 AM ~ Dreher: enterprise system, so logged. 2:39:48 ~ 1/14/2014 10:54:27 AM ~ Esquibel: Remote witness testimony. 2:40:21 ~ 1/14/2014 10:55:01 AM ~ Dreher: Video for expert witness testimony? Hard to classify 2:42:46 ~ 1/14/2014 10:57:26 AM ~ Dreher: Chemical testing labs used on video. 2:43:13 ~ 1/14/2014 10:57:52 AM ~ Dreher: page 81, priority five, courtroom technology enhancement. Implementation of audio or video upgrades when requested. uniformity. $300,000 2:45:27 ~ 1/14/2014 11:00:07 AM ~ Dreher: page 81, electronic citation grant funding exception request. No money spent from this account, reauthorize $1.5M for sheriffs and other local enforcement. $1.5M. $4M total exception requests. 2:48:26 ~ 1/14/2014 11:03:06 AM ~ Esquibel: Priority 3, juror management criteria, continued useage? 2:49:58 ~ 1/14/2014 11:04:38 AM ~ Dreher: Yes 2:50:02 ~ 1/14/2014 11:04:42 AM ~ Nicholas: $662,000 reduction, salary increases, $102,000 over that. 2:52:13 ~ 1/14/2014 11:06:53 AM ~ Odendahl: Yes 2:52:39 ~ 1/14/2014 11:07:18 AM ~ Odendahl: page 85, judicial $3.9M standard budget. 2:53:27 ~ 1/14/2014 11:08:06 AM ~ Odendahl: page 88, retirement fund. Prior to July 1, 1998. Unfunded liability account. 2:54:19 ~ 1/14/2014 11:08:59 AM ~ Meier: page 86, external maintenance contracts... 2:54:47 ~ 1/14/2014 11:09:27 AM ~ Odendahl: Retirement, $2M budget.spouse eligible for 50% of salary. 2:58:03 ~ 1/14/2014 11:12:42 AM ~ Odendahl: 16 retirees in base budget, 4 more in upcoming budget. 2:59:26 ~ 1/14/2014 11:14:06 AM ~ Odendahl: Board of Judicial Policy. all 3 divisions, west law search engine. $48,000 to offset increases in contract and bar dues coverage. page 93, $150,000 for buyouts of leave, $708,000 budget. 3:02:26 ~ 1/14/2014 11:17:06 AM ~ JD Judicial Courts 120-142 Judge Nick Deegan Joann Odendahl, Court Administrator 23 county districts, page 26, Green River description is a fine one. 3:05:27 ~ 1/14/2014 11:20:07 AM ~ Nicholas: Selection process, 3:05:59 ~ 1/14/2014 11:20:39 AM ~ Kite: Commission has chosen to follow, do their own research. 3:06:55 ~ 1/14/2014 11:21:35 AM ~ Deegan: page 4, 1A request for $12,000 for professional fees. 1B, request for $12,000 for professional fees. 3:09:51 ~ 1/14/2014 11:24:30 AM ~ Perkins: Statewide practice on commitment cases? 3:10:07 ~ 1/14/2014 11:24:46 AM ~ Deegan: Judges typically do their own hearings on commitments. 3:11:03 ~ 1/14/2014 11:25:43 AM ~ Deegan: 3B, page 23; 3A, page 29; 4A, page 34; 5A, page 39, $8,000 professional fees; 5B page 47; 6A; 7A page 57; 7B page 61; 9A, 3:17:26 ~ 1/14/2014 11:32:05 AM ~ Young: 9A, $110,000 exception request for 1/2 time employee. Has been funded 30 years by district court, funding has been withdrawn. Additional Judge Tyler has been coming over to Lander, so now 2 judges utilization. 3:22:57 ~ 1/14/2014 11:37:37 AM ~ Young: Video equipment has assisted considerably. Expert witness availability drove schedule in district courts, so video equipment has assisted in expediting schedules of courts. 3:29:10 ~ 1/14/2014 11:43:49 AM ~ Kite: Letter from joint judicial committee on court reporting being real time certified. 10% bump in salary to encourage more court reporters to become real time certified, only 3 counties have real time reporters. 3:35:28 ~ 1/14/2014 11:50:07 AM ~ Odendahl: Real time reporters increase in salary would $27,500 in next biennium. $289,000 if all court reports were real time certified. 3:37:07 ~ 1/14/2014 11:51:46 AM ~ Deegan: 9A, 9B, 6B, 8B, page 86; 1C, page 90 $12,000 professional fee increase; 3C, page 95; 7C, page 100; 6C, page 104, $2500 milease reimbursement for judge and assistant in Buffalo to assist in Campbell County. 9C, page 109; 4B page 113; 3:42:33 ~ 1/14/2014 11:57:13 AM ~ 3:43:08 ~ 1/14/2014 11:57:48 AM ~ Pause 3:43:08 ~ 1/14/2014 12:16:07 PM ~ Stop Recording