At the very beginning of the Finance Committee meeting last night, the Evansville Observer requested that the current clerical staffing of the municipal court be reviewed. Last year it was left to the very end of the budget season, when little money was left to discuss anything.
I mentioned that the pace of release of information has changed and that courts around the country release dispositions very quickly in order to eliminate the phone calls and added stress that delay causes. It appeared to me that while every area of city government has seen dramatic increases in expense, the court has not. It is an essential part of government.
Council President Mason Braunschweig replied that the revenues of the court do not cover the expenses.
Naturally the Observer was a little shocked to hear that only profitable sections of government were seeing increases.....the discussion then proceeded to other areas of government.
I asked only for a review since the Committee of the Whole will be happening on Saturday, August 16, 2008, when court is in session.
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