Complete Document - City of Auburn

Judicial DepartmentJoe S. Bailey, Municipal JudgeMajor Functions of the Judicial Department♦ Conduct probable cause hearingsand issue arrest warrants forviolations of municipal ordinancesand state misdemeanors♦ Conduct trials for all other cases♦ Receive, process and docket for trialUniform Traffic Citations issued byAuburn City Police and AuburnUniversity Police♦ Accept payments for those desiringto plead guilty to certain charges thatdo not require court appearances♦ Monitor those sentenced to served timein the City Jail and to work on theWeekend Bus Detail♦ Through our Court Referral Officer,direct all convicted of drug or alcoholcrimes to various counseling programsand monitor their progress/completion♦ Conduct our Domestic ViolenceIntervention Program♦ Monitor the Part Payment Program forthose paying on their fines via apayment plan♦ Process all parking tickets issued byAuburn City PoliceMajor Accomplishments in FY 02♦ Continued to use a private probationservice to provide certain routinefunctions, such as monitoringcompliance with orders to performcommunity service and collection ofpast due fines.♦ Increased the number of graduatesfrom the Court Referral Program byover 10% from previous year.♦ Continued to adequately staff theWeekend Bus Trash Detail withworkers throughout FY00.Benchmarks Achieved in FY02♦ Traffic cases filed: 8,805; traffic casesdisposed: 8,610; traffic cases appealed:31.♦ Non-traffic cases filed: 2,483; non-trafficcases disposed: 2,319; non-trafficcases appealed: 64.♦ DUI cases filed: 338; DUI casesdisposed: 301; DUI cases appealed:11.122