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County Administrator's Report 12. 5.
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| BCC Regular Meeting |
Budget & Finance Consent |
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| RECOMMENDATION: |
Recommendation Concerning Establishing a County-Funded Senior Court Program Specialist II Position - First Judicial Circuit Foreclosure Program - Will Moore, Trial Court Administration Admin Services Manager
That the Board take the following action concerning establishing a County-funded Senior Court Program Specialist II Position for the First Judicial Circuit Foreclosure Program:
A. Authorize the creation of a Court Innovation Article V Local Option funded position, Senior Court Program Specialist II, per the provided job description; and
B. Authorize the recurring personnel expenditure from reserves for the necessary annual cost beginning July 1, 2015, at an hourly rate of $19.85 x 2080 = $41,288.00 annual base salary + benefits $15,317 = $56,605. The pro-rated salary from July 1, 2015, through the end of the current Fiscal Year, September 30, 2015, will be 15 weeks x 40 hours = 600 hours x $19.85 = $11,910 plus benefits, for an estimated total of $15,000 for Fiscal Year 2014/2015.
[Funding: Fund 115, Court Innovation Article V Local Option, Cost Center 410501, Object Code 51201] |
| BACKGROUND: |
| The Backlog Foreclosure Initiative was established to resolve the numerous foreclosure cases that have been pending in the courts for years. The First Judicial Circuit currently manages over 1,400 of foreclosure cases. The current Senior Court Program Specialist II is under Other Personal Services (OPS) State employment which is a temporary employer/employee relationship used solely for accomplishing short term or intermittent tasks. The OPS State funding for the Foreclosure Program will cease June 30, 2015. If the position is eliminated the 1,400 plus cases currently being managed by the case specialist will likely languish in the system when left to parties and/or attorneys to move the cases. Having a case management system is the only way to proactively move these caseloads to final judgment or dismissal. |
| BUDGETARY IMPACT: |
Funding for the Senior Court Program Specialist II position will be provided through Court Innovation Article V Local Option Fund according to Florida Statute 939.185 939.185 Assessment of additional court costs and surcharges.— " (1)(a)The board of county commissioners may adopt by ordinance an additional court cost, not to exceed $65, to be imposed by the court when a person pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, or adjudicated delinquent for, any felony, misdemeanor, delinquent act, or criminal traffic offense under the laws of this state. Such additional assessment shall be accounted for separately by the county in which the offense occurred and be used only in the county imposing this cost, to be allocated as follows:
1.Twenty-five percent of the amount collected shall be allocated to fund innovations, as determined by the chief judge of the circuit, to supplement state funding for the elements of the state courts system identified in s. 29.004 and county funding for local requirements under s. 29.008(2)(a)2."
Escambia County General Fund will have no impact in the funding of the Senior Court Program Specialist II position. The position will be funded through Fund 115, Court Innovation Article V Local Option, CC 410501, OC 51201 per Florida Statute 939.185 Assessment of additional court costs and surcharges.
This will be a recurring personnel expenditure from reserves for the necessary recurring annual cost beginning July 1, 2015, at an hourly rate of $19.85 x 2080 = $41,288.00 annual base salary + benefits $15,317 = $56,605 |
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