Common Pleas Court and Municipal Court - Beginning in 1999, two arms of the Courts, Probation and Court Reporters will be handled as individual departments. An additional position is included in the License Intervention Project. This person will free up a current staff person to work with local law enforcement agencies on the license project. The funding for the position will be provided by the Court as result of increased court costs and will not impact the general fund. Court of Appeals - Costs for CMS are included in the budget for 1999 for the first time.
Revenue continues to be received for the CSEA contract.
The court reporters serving the courts are now budgeted as an individual department. Budget includes maintenance level funding. Juvenile Court - The budget contains funding for the 27 teachers at Hillcrest Training School. This activity causes an increase in both the original revenue and expenditure requests for 1999. Two security guards are funded for the 6th and 8th floors of the 800 Broadway Building.