Agency Overview 20 Agency Mission The mission of the Municipal Court is to provide an independent and neutral forum for resolution of alleged ordinance violations where the penalty includes primarily a forfeiture. Agency Overview The Agency represents the judicial branch of government and provides a neutral setting for resolving alleged City ordinance violations. The goal of the Court is to continue to provide an impartial forum for hearing cases brought by the City for violations of the Madison general ordinances. To achieve this goal, the Court will continue to use restorative justice practices and programs to address ordinance violations, increase funding for the homeless court pilot program, and continue to work on juvenile justice initiatives to reduce disproportionate minority impacts. 2017 Budget Highlights The 2017 Adopted Budget includes funding for: A decrease in payments to the Community Development Division (CDD) for purchased service contracts to provide youth programming ($21,640). The decrease is due to reestimates of Court Fees and increased Municipal Court costs. The General Fund will absorb the loss of revenue in the CDD budget to maintain the current level of service.
Budget Overview 20 Budget by Service (All Funds) # Court Services 25,409 34,061 TOTAL $ 25,409 $ $ 34,061 $ $ $ Budget by Fund & Major Fund: 1100 GENERAL General Revenue (623,088) (669,704) (649,942) (650,000) (659,519) (660,849) Salaries 328,595 331,805 336,832 331,795 340,446 338,840 Benefits 117,680 105,130 113,152 106,911 107,779 110,715 Supplies 21,451 22,000 20,921 22,000 22,000 22,000 Purchased Services 88,254 98,218 100,547 98,061 98,061 98,061 Inter Depart Charges 92,517 112,551 112,551 91,233 91,233 91,233 TOTAL $ 25,409 $ $ 34,061 $ $ $
Service Overview Service: Court Services 201 Service Description This service handles approximately 30,000 cases per year including traffic, parking, first offense drunk driving, disorderly conduct, trespassing, building code violations, juvenile violations, and truancy. The Municipal Court also holds hearings in the Public Safety Building for those persons held in jail and issues warrants for arrest and inspections. If a forfeiture is not paid, the Municipal Court can suspend a driver's license, hunting or fishing license, issue a warrant for arrest, intercept a tax refund or start a collection action. The goals of this service are to continue to provide an impartial forum for hearing cases and to continue to use restorative justice practices and programs to address ordinance violations. The major initiatives planned for this service continue to work on the juvenile diversion program and the truancy court in the schools and to continue to work on the homeless court project. Service Budget by Major 4 Revenue (623,088) (669,704) (649,942) (650,000) (659,519) (660,849) # Salaries 328,595 331,805 336,832 331,795 340,446 338,840 # Benefits 117,680 105,130 113,152 106,911 107,779 110,715 # Supplies 21,451 22,000 20,921 22,000 22,000 22,000 # Purchased Services 88,254 98,218 100,547 98,061 98,061 98,061 # Inter Depart Charges 92,517 112,551 112,551 91,233 91,233 91,233 TOTAL $ 25,409 $ $ 34,061 $ $ $
Municipal Court Line Item Detail 20 Function: General Government Supplies Office Supplies 2,860 3,000 2,506 3,000 3,000 3,000 Copy Printing Supplies 2,832 2,000 2,921 2,000 2,000 2,000 Furniture 2,000 790 2,000 2,000 2,000 Postage 14,605 14,000 14,000 14,000 14,000 14,000 Books And Subscriptions 1,155 1,000 704 1,000 1,000 1,000 Total $ 21,451 $ 22,000 $ 20,921 $ 22,000 $ 22,000 $ 22,000 Purchased Services Telephone 1,254 356 1,595 963 963 963 Facility Rental 21,062 21,062 21,062 21,062 Custodial Building Use Charges 21,721 21,062 Conferences And Training 1,271 1,500 1,400 1,500 1,500 1,500 Memberships 497 1,000 700 1,000 1,000 1,000 Collection Services 23,380 30,000 26,257 29,236 29,236 29,236 Storage Services 990 1,000 762 1,000 1,000 1,000 Security Services 32,955 36,000 43,607 36,000 36,000 36,000 Interpreters Signing Services 5,040 7,000 4,799 7,000 7,000 7,000 Transcription Services 396 200 66 200 200 200 Other Services And Expenses 750 300 Circuit Court Fee 100 100 100 100 Total $ 88,254 $ 98,218 $ 100,547 $ 98,061 $ 98,061 $ 98,061 InterDepartmental Charges ID Charge From Com Dev Blk Gnt 91,643 111,643 111,643 90,000 90,000 90,000 ID Charge From Insurance 594 642 642 990 990 990 ID Charge From Workers Comp 280 266 266 243 243 243 Total $ 92,517 $ 112,551 $ 112,551 $ 91,233 $ 91,233 $ 91,233 Revenue Court Fees (640,287) (669,704) (656,800) (650,000) (659,519) (660,849) Moving Violations 2,912 727 Uniform Citations 13,436 6,041 Parking Violations 422 25 Miscellaneous Revenue 429 65 Total $ (623,088) $ (669,704) $ (649,942) $ (650,000) $ (659,519) $ (660,849)
Position Summary 20 2016 2017 Budget Request Executive Adopted CG FTEs Amount FTEs Amount FTEs Amount FTEs Amount JUDJUD SUPPORT CLK 20 4.00 215,906 4.00 224,085 4.00 224,085 4.00 222,479 MUMUNICIPAL JUDGE 19 1.00 101,093 1.00 101,093 1.00 101,093 1.00 101,093 TOTAL 5.00 $ 316,999 5.00 $ 325,178 5.00 $ 325,178 5.00 $ 323,572 Between the Executive and Adopted budget funding for the Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association plan was transferred from permanent wages to fringe benefits. Impacted Compensation Groups include 16, 20, 23, 31, 32, 33, and 83.