Complete Document - City of Auburn

Judicial DepartmentJoe Bailey, Municipal JudgeThe mission of the Judicial Department is toprovide a constitutional and statutory mediumfor the enforcement of traffic offenses,municipal ordinance violations, and Statemisdemeanors adopted by municipalordinance as offenses against the City ofAuburn.In order to accomplish this mission, theJudicial Department operates the AuburnMunicipal Court by:• Providing adequate personnel with allemployees, other than the Judge, beingstate certified magistrates• Ensuring that no warrants of arrest areissued before probable cause isestablished to support the warrant• Ensuring that no person is deprived of hisor her liberty or property without dueprocess of law• Providing court administration to guaranteethat all persons coming before the Courtare treated equally and have protectedrights afforded them under the UnitedStates Constitution, the AlabamaConstitution, and applicable ordinancesand statutesFY 03 Goals1. Finalize inception of program with theAlabama Department of Public Safety andthe Information Technology Department sothat all Uniform Traffic Citation (traffic ticket)dispositions can be electronically transferredby December 31, 2002.2. Review the workloads of all staff after thecompletion of the above goal by March 31,2003.3. Continue to consider private probationservices for services such as house arrest asalternatives to incarceration on an ongoingbasis by April 30, 2003.4. Work with Public Safety to insure thecontinuance of the Weekend Trash Bus Detailand develop a method of targeting areasneeding special cleaning attention on anongoing basis by September 30, 2003.5. Monitor the number of successful graduatesfrom the Court Referral Programs quarterly tomake sure the numbers of graduates areconsistent with the past and with the numbersof cases handled by the court.6. Monitor the collection of delinquent accountsby Professional Probation services quarterly inan effort to monitor these collections as a partof the information needed to determine theusefulness of the contractual service.7. Work with Information Technology to completethe inception of on-line computer capabilities inthe courtroom by September 30, 2003.FY 04 Goals1. Review all aspects of our Court ReferralProgram and the providers of counselingservices on an ongoing basis to insure thatthese providers are continuing to providequality, effective, and efficient services bySeptember 30, 2004.2. Review case loads handled by the CourtReferral Officer anticipating the possible needfor additional staff in this area by September30, 2004.3. Consider private probation services forcollection of all part payment of fines by March31, 2004.4. Continue to monitor the delinquent finescollections by Professional Probation Servicesquarterly in an effort to monitor thesecollections as a part of the information neededto determine the usefulness of the contractualservice.5. Complete the accessibility to the AlabamaCriminal Justice Information System so that theJudicial staff will have access to all defendants’criminal histories by September 30, 2004.123