2009 Kitsap County Budget Book - Kitsap County Government

DISTRICT COURT
We will contribute to Effective and Efficient County Services by:
• Filling all vacant positions required to fully implement the court’s re-engineering/re-organization, once the hiring
freeze has come to an end.
• Consolidating all criminal calendars to the Port Orchard facility.
• Converting to Kronos timekeeping system.
• Converting to the employee evaluation system.
• Restructuring the court’s calendars.
• Finishing the re-write of the court probation services software (CHAD) in an effort to streamline, simplify and
remove all redundancies with the State’s Judicial Information System.
• Scanning/Imaging:
o All Infractions
o All Closed DUI and domestic violence cases which are required to be retained permanently
o All alcohol related, assault related, all domestic related and sex related cases within 45 days of
sentencing
o All Civil Cases
Probation
• Complete revision of Probation Services policy and procedures manual
• Two-day intensive training for Probation Staff on Motivation Interviewing with follow-up coaching by telephone with a
contracted provider
• Continued collaboration with community partners in Chemical treatment, domestic violence and law enforcement.
V. Program Overview
Program:
Court Administration / Clerk’s Office
Court Administration is responsible for all activities required which allow a judge to hear cases in open court. Planning, budgeting
personnel management, security and scheduling are but a few of these responsibilities. The District Court Clerk’s Office accepts the
filing of over 40,000 new cases each year and manages the case flow and record retention of hundreds of thousands of files.
The D.C.C.O. also receipts for over five million dollars of fines and costs each year and assists all defendants and litigants through
the court processes.Other tasks are as follows:
• Data Entry/ Case Organization
• Record: Contraction, Maintenance, Retention, Imaging, Public Access, Security, Docketing
• Court Room Support
• Recording of Proceeding – Secure Storage, Retention,
• Exhibits – Marking, Custody, Security, Disposition: Return/Destroy
• Reporting to AOC
• Customer Service Information – Brochures, Telephone/In-Person, Web
• Appeals Facilitation
• Pay Plans: Setup, Tracking, Delinquent Notices, Referral to Collections
PROGRAM BUDGET
Revenues
2009 Budget
Taxes --
Licenses & Permits --
Charges for Service $182,750
Fines & Forfeits 1,938,900
Miscellaneous 486,000
Other Sources 103,000
TOTAL $2,710,650
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