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2007-1094-Minutes for Meeting April 08,1981 Recorded 6/20/2007COUNTY OFFICIAL NANCYUBLANKENSHIP, COUNTY CLERKDS C ANN; COMMISSIONERS' JOURNAL 06/20/2007 10:54;55 AM II ill[ 1III III III 2 004 Do not remove this page from original document. i Deschutes County Clerk Certificate Page L- L c If this instrument is being re-recorded, please complete the following statement, in accordance with ORS 205.244: Re-recorded to correct [give reason] previously recorded in Book or as Fee Number and Page a Deschutes County Board of Commissioners i April 8, 1981 - Special Meeting Chairman Paulson called the meeting to order at 12:15 p.m. Commissioner Young and Commissioner Shepard were also in attendance. The meeting was called for the purpose of meeting with the Judges to discuss'.budget cut-backs for the Courts. Chairman Paulson called for comments from the Judges in attendance. Judge Copenhaver said that he had reviewed the Circuit Court budget and did not feel that a 20% reduction was possible because of time de- mands for trials and they have already docketed in advance. He suggested asking court-appointed attorneys to waive their fees and discussed this briefly. He also suggested asking jurors to waive their reimbursements, and voluteer to serve on the jury, which would save $10 per juror, plus mileage. He discussed this further. Chairman Paulson asked how much he expects to save as a result of these measures. Mike Maier, Director of Administrative Services, said that Circuit Court's 20% amounted to $2,200. Judge Copenhaver said that he could not come up with an exact figure, but thought the amount would be substantial. He noted that they have several multiple-day trials coming up, and if the jurors waived their fees, the savings would be substantial. Judge Thalhofer noted that some attorneys may be willing to waive a jury trial as well, which would amount to some further savings. There was some further discussion on the budget figures for the 11th Judicial District. Since there were other counties contributing to their budget, Deschutes County could not pocket all the savings them- selves, but it would have to be divided between all the contributing counties. Judge Perkins said that it was his feeling that the cutback should not effect the other counties. There was some discussion on how the Courts could operate in order to provide regular service to the other counties while cutting back in Deschutes County. Chairman Paulson asked how cutbacks could be made in the Juvenile Depart- ment. Bill Jones responded that thele only possibility he saw for making a reduction was in the area of detention. This was discussed. Chairman Paulson asked about making a 20% reduction in Counsellor's time. Mr. Jones responded that the current caseload is more than they can keep up with on a full-time scale. Chairman Paulson said that he-felt that the Courts could not be called upon to make the same sacrafices as other County departments. He sug- gested that they each present a plan to the Board to save money. There was some discussion on this. Judge Copenhaver said that if they can save the money from 5 jury days, this would result in a $2,000 savings. He expects to have 20 jury days in the remainder of the fiscal year. Rick Isham asked if the Courts could accept filings for the Clerk'-s office on their closed day. Judge Copenhaver responded that they could not do that. Judge Thalhofer said that District Court may be able to to that, if it were agreeable to Rosemary Patterson. Commissioner Shepard expressed approval of the suggestions presented by the Courts. He said that with the Juvenile Department any cutback is going to further endanger the public but they must cut back.,,, He suggested that they ask the Juvenile Department to take a-10% cutback, as they had asked the Sheriff's Department to do. Page 1 of 2 I Deschutes County Board of Commissioners April 8, 1981 Special Meeting MOTION: PAULSON moved to accept the recommendations of the twc Courts and require a 10% money savings on the personnel line of the Juvenile Department. SHEPARD: Second. Mike Maier 'said`that'under the proposed reductions, he had listed District. Court and the Juvenile Department as taking 20% cuts, so without that being done, the money will have to come from other de- partments. He said that $5,890 is 20% of the Juvenile Department's budget. Commissioner Shepard felt that a further cut would have to be taken. Commissioner Young said that he will not vote in favor of any exceptions. MOTION: PAULSON withdrew the motion and moved to accept the recommen- dations.of the two Courts and require a 20% moneyc•savings on the personnel,,line of the Juvenile Department. SHEPARD: Second. VOTE: PAULSON: AYE. SHEPARD: AYE. YOUNG: NO. Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. /ss Page 2 of 2 DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 0 Robert C. Paulson, Jr , airman