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Goals and Objectives

15 Municipal Court

Program Trends
Processes consistent workload of approximately 7,000 new case filings annually.
Legislative changes this year are requiring the courts to set show cause hearings on all cases
that have not satisfied the conditions on their citation. This will require the court to set many
more show cause hearings.
Effective September 1, 2017, Judges will be required to assess the ability a defendant has to
pay a citation. Payments plans or community service in lieu of payments must be offered if
the defendant is determined to be indigent.

2017- 2018 Highlights
Audit outstanding warrants that are over 6 years old. Close case files to reduce back log in
the Court and Law Enforcement Systems. These cases are considered uncollectible or
prosecutable by the prosecutor as well as the Municipal Court Judge.
Improve procedures to eliminate excess paperwork and streamline proficiency in the
customer service area.
Identify and execute collections for high probability warrants and past due offenses. Limit
efforts and time spent investigating and attempting to collecting low likelihood or
uncollectible warrant cases.

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