Judicial Department

Joe Bailey, Municipal Judge

FY 07 and FY 08 Goals

1. Continue to consider private probation services for procedures such as house arrest as alternatives to incarceration.
2. Identify providers of counseling services for shoplifting defendants and those convicted of crimes indicating obsessive/compulsive behavior.
3. In conjunction with Public Safety, review the viability of a weekend trash bus detail using City inmates from the County Jail.
4. Continue to monitor the Court Referral Program as it pertains to the three major areas of related crimes: drug, alcohol and domestic violence.
5. Continue working with Finance to finalize a procedure for aging delinquent fines and delineation of the same regarding financial reporting and anticipated collection probabilities.
6. In conjunction with Public Safety, study caseloads for various patrol shifts, docket volumes and case disposition efficiencies.
7. Work with IT to automate processing of files in the courtroom transferring data to the Clerk's office to automatically produce part-pay forms, subpoenas, etc.
8. Install system so that fines, court costs and parking tickets can be paid via debit and credit cards.
9. Convert to electronic transfer of discovery documents to defense attorneys. This will disseminate the information quicker and also result in considerable postage savings.
10. Develop "drop box" system for payment of parking tickets 24-7.
11. Study cost and feasibility of using "palm pilot" type devices for electronic entering of parking tickets deleting the necessity of multiple entry.