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C
Hey,
I
am
going
to
go
ahead
and
gavel
us
in
to
start
at
302.
Now
welcome
to
the
budget
work
session
for
the
courts
and
constitutional
offices
of
arlington
county.
Today
we
are
joined
by
a
number
of
members
of
our
courts
and
our
constitutional
officers.
Just
a
programming
note,
given
both
virtually
and
in
person
the
august
company.
I
would
be
mortified
to
be
seen
as
cutting
off
any
of
the
wisdom
or
insight
that
you
are
going
to
share
with
us
today,
so
I
will
instead
frame
it
the
following
way.
C
I
am
going
to
enlist
your
partnership
in
time
management.
We
have
10
presenters
today
we're
trying
to
do
about
three
hours,
which
is
about
16
minutes
each,
including
a
little
transition
time.
So
I
know
the
department
of
management
and
finance
asked
teams
to
please
keep
presentations
to
10
minutes,
and
we
ask
you
to
do
that
so
that
we
can
have
a
couple
of
minutes,
at
least
with
q
and
a
with
board
members.
C
So
if
you
go
over
10
minutes,
that
means
there's
less
time
for
q
a
and,
if
you're
starting
to
go
over
15
minutes.
It
means
we're
now
running
into
the
time
for
your
colleagues.
So
again
I
will
phrase
this
not
as
cutting
anyone
off,
but
rather
asking
for
your
partnership,
and
I
assume,
because
you
share
the
eagerness
to
keep
us
on
time,
that
it
will
only
be
helpful
if
I
have
to
remind
folks
of
where
you
are
in
that
ten
minutes.
So
thank
you
again.
C
This
is
an
incredibly
impressive
and
very
busy
group
of
people,
and
we
appreciate
the
chance
to
learn
from
you
about
your
work
and
about
the
proposed
2023
budget
as
it
affects
your
departments
and
divisions
and
courts
and
offices.
So
without
further
ado,
we
are
going
to
begin
with
the
commissioner
of
revenue
ingrid
mariah,
whom
I
believe
is
with
us
virtually
commissioner
moroy.
Are
you
on
the
line?
Yes
hi
hello
good
afternoon.
D
Good
afternoon
this
I'm
ingrid
morroy,
commissioner
of
revenue
for
arlington
county,
thank
you
for
having
us
here
for
the
budget
work
session.
Firstly,
I
wanted
to
thank
all
the
employees
of
our
office
from
tax
assessor
to
deputy,
to
chief
deputy
for
the
work
that
they
have
done
throughout
this
pandemic
and
continue
to
do
so.
They
have
managed
to
keep
the
office
functional,
slowly,
opening
in-person
service,
keeping
us
and
our
customers
safe
and
handling,
challenging
technological
situations
with
the
same
professionalism
and
customer
service
quality.
That
arlington
has
come
to
expect
and
deserve
from
us.
D
Secondly,
I
especially
want
to
thank
dts
director,
jack
belcher
and
his
staff
for
keeping
the
systems
going,
especially
when
most
of
us
were
working
remotely.
Dts
staff
has
always
come
to
our
rescue
with
technical
problem
issues
and
solutions
for
those
problems,
and
thirdly,
we're
especially
grateful
to
hr
director,
marcy
foster
and
her
staff.
When
I
raised
pay
equity
issues,
as
you
know,
recruitment
for
some
positions,
not
only
in
the
in
the
private
sector
but
also
our
office,
has
been
a
challenge
for
us
as
a
result
of
competition
of
surrounding
jurisdictions.
D
So
positions
in
my
office
are
slowly
becoming
more
competitive
with
our
neighbors
thanks
to
the
staff
and
marcy
foster's
office.
Attending
from
my
office
are
our
management
staff,
including
chief
deputy
and
beachside,
and
assistant
deputy
budget,
specialist,
jackie
johnson,
jackie
johnson
and
a
number
of
our
senior
staff.
D
So,
as
you
know,
our
focus,
the
focus
in
our
office
has
always
been
high
quality,
customer
service
and
commitment
to
customer
advocacy.
So
we,
of
course,
will
continue
to
do
so
because
that's
what
that's?
What
we're
there
for?
I
wanted
to
go
to
the
business
text.
Division
slide
number
three.
D
I
think
somebody
from
dmf
was
helping
us
with
this.
In
the
in
the
business
tax
division,
we've
been
able
to
implement
an
online
appointment
system
to
facilitate
in-person
customer
service.
Once
we
were
slowly
getting
back
to
the
office
on
a
on
a
on
a
temporary
basis,
because
we
don't
know,
what's
going
to
happen
in
the
future.
D
The
automated
tax
classification
application
was
put
in
online
through
cap.
We
also
implemented
new
processes
to
support
state
tax
rate
changes,
an
encrypted
file
sharing
function,
which
is
very
important
for
business
customers
to
be
able
to
transmit
their
documents
securely
and
efficiently,
and
we
provided
support
to
aed
and
to
the
department
of
human
services
and
dmf
in
the
covet
19
quarantine
program
for
community
members.
D
Next
slide,
please,
in
the
vehicle,
personal
property
tax
division
we
completed
and
successfully
implemented
the
the
upgrade
to
the
ace
system
to
improve
efficiency
and
security.
We
implemented
disabled
veterans
exemption
process
to
provide
vp
vehicle
personal
property
tax
exemption,
as
provided
by
the
code
of
virginia.
We
reopened
dmv
select
with
an
appointment
only
system
right
now,
but
this
may
change
in
the
future.
D
But
this
was
the
safest
thing
for
us
to
do
to
improve
safety
pro
protocols
and
and
protect
staff
and
customers
alike,
and
we
also
reopened
vpp
in-person
assistance
for
those
customers
who
needed
who
needed
assessment
assistance,
and
this
is
in
conjunction
with
the
office
hours
maintained
for
dmv
select,
so
that
we
could
limit
the
number
of
days
that
we
were
open
and
the
number
of
staff
as
well
and
always
keeping
in
mind
physical
distancing
in
the
compliance
division.
D
The
personal
property
enforcement
program
next
slide,
the
personal
property
enforcement
program
resumed
their
weekly
field
visits.
As
you
know,
this
is
an
important
tool
for
us
to
make
sure
that
vehicles
that
are
not
registered
with
us
are
going
to
be
registered
with
us
because
of
the
campuses
that
we
do.
We
also
reopen
the
compliance
division
for
in-person
service
for
state
income,
tax
customers,
the
state
estate,
income
tax
customers.
D
That
seems
to
decrease
a
little
bit,
because
a
lot
of
our
customers
are
now
using
the
online
system,
but
we're
still
open
for
in-person
service
for
state
income
tax
customers,
our
fy23
budget,
highlights.
D
We
continue
the
next
slide.
Please
continue
to
remotely
provide
customer
service.
We
have
all
the
tools,
thanks
to
the
technology
that
arlington,
that
arlington
provides
maintain
unique
methods
to
provide
customer
service
on
alternate
days
with
appropriate
staffing,
in-person
customer
service
in
the
business
tax
division,
especially
during
during
filing
deadline,
dates
and
dmv,
select,
in-person
service
by
appointment
and
I'm
seeing
by
appointment,
because
that
is
the
goal.
D
Sometimes
we
do
get
to
walk
in
customers
and,
of
course
we
want
to
refuse
them,
but
we
would
prefer
for
customers
to
make
an
appointment,
because
it's
the
safest
thing
to
do
health-wise
our
office
operations.
We
need,
we
need
equipment,
upgrades
such
as
scanners
and
copiers.
So
that's
part
of
our
fy
23
budget
focus
on
equity.
D
We
continue
to
to
assist
foreign
language
speakers
with
an
emphasis
on
spanish.
Always
somebody
had
asked
me
why
spanish
well,
that's
the
most
required
language
where
we
need
translation.
There
are
other
languages
spoken
in
our
office.
I
believe
it's
over
20.
I
did
account
once
so.
We
can
help
with
a
number
of
foreign
languages,
but
the
emphasis
is
on
spanish
because
that's
the
most
needed
we
translate
signage
in
public
spaces
and
online
brochures.
D
The
appointment
system
is
also
in
two
languages
online
or
by
phone,
so
customers
can
make
an
appointment
by
phone
for
those
without
computer
access
and,
of
course,
those
systems
are.
The
phone
systems
are
also
in
two
languages,
because
we
have
multilingual
employees
in
the
office
during
the
first
week
of
the
march
first
filing
deadline
this
year
for
the
business
license.
Tax
staff
provided
in-person
service
to
over
150
customers,
who
may
have
lacked
the
technology
for
online
filing
or
who
needed
additional
language
assistance.
So
we
will
continue
to
do
that
because
it's
important
to
us.
D
Let
me
serve
every
customer,
no
matter
what
language
the
budget
summary.
As
you
can
see,
there
was
a
change
in
our
adopt
from
our
adopted
to
propose
and
those
changes
were
due
to
employee
salary
increases
those
increases
for
expenses,
adjustments
to
salaries.
This
is
for
fy
23,
resulting
from
the
administrative
job,
family
studies
and
a
slightly
higher
retirement
contribution,
based
on
actual
actuarial
projections.
D
Grant
revenue
increased
due
to
to
an
increase
in
the
state
board
reimbursements
due
to
the
state's
five
percent
increase
for
state
employees,
and
then
the
fee
revenue
decreased
because
we're
decreasing
that
because
of
adjustments
to
the
dmv
select
commission
based
on
prior
year
actuals,
I
I
can
see
that
once
we
go
back
to
the
office
full
time,
we
don't
know
when
that's
going
to
happen,
because
I've
been
very
careful
with
this
pandemic.
D
I
actually
implemented
a
vaccination
mandate
back
in
june
because
it's
the
we
don't
know
when
this
is
going
to
end,
there's
still
transmission
of
the
new
variant
of
omicron
so
but
we're
expecting
that
the
dmv
select
commission,
eventually,
maybe
not
in
fy
23
but
in
24,
will
be
growing
again,
just
like
it
did
in
past
years.
D
Our
key
budget
considerations,
I
mentioned
staff
recruitment,
competitive
compensation,
attracts
qualified
individuals
and
and
and
will
result
in
improved
service
delivery
and
increased
revenue,
and
I'm
mentioning
this
because
we've
had
a
difficult
time
competing
against
larger
jurisdictions
around
us
where,
for
example,
text,
auditors
and
and
tax
specialists
in
the
business
license
area
are
compensated
at
a
higher
level
in
other
jurisdictions
than
in
arlington.
D
So
slowly
we
are
beginning
to
be
competitive,
and
I
really
have
to
thank
hr
where
hr
staff
again,
because
when
I
bring
up
these
issues,
they're
very
open
to
listening
and
to
and
to
providing
us
with
with
or
providing
the
staff
with
better
compensation
to
make
us
more
competitive.
So
I'm
I'm
pretty
happy
with
how
it's
going
and
but
we're
still
recruiting
for
a
couple
of
vacancies.
D
D
And
then
some
office
equipment
upgrades
are
necessary
because
our
office
is
a
little,
it
looks
a
little
obsolete,
so
it
it
could
deal
with
some
equipment
upgrades.
The
appointment
system
is
continuing.
Is
there
to
continue
to
safely
provide
in-person
service?
D
It
was
purchased,
purchased
at
very
minimal
cost,
and
it's
working
out
very
well
and
we're
saving
money
because
we're
not
traveling
we're
doing
virtual
meetings
and
if
they
are
in
person
meetings
only
and
not
virtual,
then
we
won't
participate
but
get
materials
that
were
used
at
annual
meetings
or
committee
meetings
for
the
commissioners
at
a
later
date,
and-
and
I
share
that
with
the
staff-
so
that's
how
we
keep
our
travel
expenses
down
as
well.
Very
good,
I'm
happy
to
answer
questions.
I
know
I
don't
have
a
lot
of
time
right
so.
C
No,
we've
got
a
minute
or
two
for
questions
so
I'll
turn
to
colleagues.
If
anyone's
got
a
bro,
we
also
are
going
to
reserve
the
ability
to
follow
up
in
writing.
If
that's
all
right,
yeah,
that's
fine!
C
I
don't
see
any
questions,
but
we
very
much
appreciate
the
presentation
and
I
think
particularly
knowing
that
the
dmv
select
is
back,
at
least
by
appointment,
only
will
be
welcome
news
to
a
number
of
members
of
our
community
and
if
we
have
further
questions
about
the
proposed
budget
or
some
of
the
trends
you've
highlighted
for
us,
we
will
follow
up
with
you
in
writing.
So
thank
you.
So
much.
C
Excellent
ms
dela
pava,
who
clearly
has
a
copy
of
the
agenda
and
was
ready
to
be
on
deck.
We
welcome
you
and
I
will
hand
it
over
to
you
for
a
presentation
from
the
office
of
the
treasure.
E
Thank
you
very
much
members
for
mr
schwartz.
I
can't
tell
you
how
wonderful
it
is
to
be
here
in
front
of
you
again
in
person.
It's
really
nice
and
I
also
have
in
person
with
me
my
chief
deputy
kim
rucker
and
my
deputies,
kathy
fritz
chris
sadowsky,
stephanie,
hyman,
andrew
cook
and
linda
brass.
E
I
know
I
know
you're
very
short
of
time,
so
I'm
going
to
be
as
brief
and
as
to
the
point
as
possible.
As
you
know,
my
mission
is
to
receive
collect,
safeguard
and
disperse
county
funds,
and
with
that
we're
going
to
roll
right
into
fy
22's
highlights.
E
E
E
So
I
can't
say
enough
about
that.
That
improvement
we
also
assisted
arlington
economic
developments.
Small
business
grant
program
which
we
were
thrilled
to
be
able
to
do.
We
helped
them
verify
verify
their
their
applicants,
so
that
was
that
was
pretty
critical
and
it
was
great
that
we
were
able
to
help
small
businesses
in
the
county.
E
Last
september
I
shared
with
you
that
we
had
a
new
fy
22
delinquency
rate
goal.
It's
going
to
be
the
lowest
the
county
has
ever
achieved,
and
we
are
nicely
on
track
to
reach
that
goal.
So,
during
our
busy
tax
season,
which
we
fondly
refer
to
as
crunch,
we
were
able
to
open
a
satellite
office
at
lubber
run.
We
had
so
many
positive
comments
back
from
our
citizens
about
that
beautiful
brand
new
facility,
so
that
was
really
great.
E
E
We
truly
appreciate
their
collaboration
and
I
will
tell
you
I'm
I'm
slightly
concerned
with
the
the
new
renovation
in
our
lobby,
because
we
won't
probably
have
the
space
to
spread
out
like
that,
so
that
might
become
a
problem
in
future
years.
E
On
to
fy23
we're
going
to
roll
right
through
my
the
best,
I
think
innovation
that
we've
come
up
with
thus
far
is
the
consolidated
vehicle
bill.
As
you
know,
we
could
not
do
that
when
we
had
a
decal
display
requirement
and
we
needed
an
upgrade
to
our
tax
system,
which
happened.
I
think
two
years
ago
we
are
now
going
to
be
able
to
do
this.
E
It
is
environmentally
friendly,
it
is
more
convenient
for
the
taxpayer
and
it's
going
to
cost
arlington
county
less.
I
call
that
a
win-win-win
and
right
right
behind
that
is
going
to
be
our
our
next
step
would
be
electronic
billing.
That
means
that
people
that
want
paperless
billing
can
ask
for
it
and
we
can
put
them
in
that
program,
and
that
is
another
win-win-win.
E
E
Sometime
this
year,
you've
heard
the
saying
that
time
flies
when
you're
having
fun
well,
we
must
be
having
a
lot
of
fun
because
it
has
been
five
years
since
we
did
a
banking
rfp
and
we
are
going
to
embark
upon
that
again
this
year
and
you
will
hear
more
of
that,
I'm
sure
as
the
year
progresses
and
last
probably
least,
I
can't
tell
you
how
tickled
I
was
at
your
enthusiasm
for
eliminating
the
fee
for
replacement
dog
tax.
I
think
this
is
going
to
be
better
for
everyone.
E
Last
year
you
started
a
conversation
on
equity,
which
I
applaud.
We
continue
in
my
office
to
have
multilingual
communications,
both
in
person
or
in
writing,
and
verbally
we
have
10.
I
think
10
languages,
different
languages
spoken
in
my
office,
including,
I
might
add
ukrainian.
E
E
E
We
have
remained
open
during
the
vast
majority
of
the
pandemic
and
just
in
fy
22
alone,
we
have
already
served
15
504
customers
in
person
that
does
not
include
who
came
by
today,
I'm
going
to
bring
up
once
again
a
subject
that
I
brought
up
last
year:
the
elimination
of
the
motor
vehicle
license
fee.
E
We
have
over
almost
36
000
customers,
where
that
is
what
they
pay
on
their
on
their
vehicle
bill.
It's
because
their
their
cars
are
old
and
they're,
not
as
is
highly
valued
and
the
33
dollar
fee
is,
is
a
very
regressive
fee,
so
the
you're
paying
the
same
amount
on
that
fee
for
a
1998
toyota
corolla.
E
As
the
citizen
who
is
paying,
who
has
a
mclaren,
that's
valued
over
six
hundred
thousand
dollars,
so
fees
fees.
I
I
really
hope
we
consider
eliminating
or
joining
joining
many
jurisdictions
across
across
the
commonwealth.
You
know
about
the
city
of
alexandria.
In
stafford
county,
they
just
eliminated
this
fee
in
2021.
E
More
on
fees,
our
banks
have
been
increasingly
pressured
by
the
regulators
to
stop
their
dependence
on
fees
because
they
tend
to
be
in
general
inequitable,
specifically
they're,
talking
about
return,
check
fees
and,
more
specifically,
about
overdraft
fees.
Insufficient
funds
back
in
2011
arlington
county
raised
its
return
check
fee
from
25
to
50,
which
is
the
maximum
allowed
by
the
virginia
code.
E
E
Have
some
I
do
want
to
say
really
quickly
that
I
appreciate
each
and
every
one
of
you
and
you,
mr
schwartz,
for
your
support
of
me
and
my
office,
and
I
would
be
completely
negligent
if
I
didn't
mention
how
hard
the
staff
has
worked
and
my
staff
and
county
staff
to
support
all
of
us
and
our
community.
So
we
owe
them
a
debt
of
gratitude.
C
F
So,
just
thank
you
for
the
the
the
the
electronic
billing,
the
bilingual.
All
of
your
report
really
appreciate
it.
I
want
to
follow
up
on
the
costs
on
the
on
the
car
fee.
Just
to
make
sure
I
understand
that
the
cost,
and
certainly
also
interested
in
the
overdraft
rollback
possibility,
but
just
because
I'm
brief
and
don't
have
questions
doesn't
mean.
I'm
not
really
grateful
for
the
work.
G
Thanks
ms
garvey
yeah
no-
and
I
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
for
all
the
work
I
mean.
I
think
your
office
has
been
really
solidly
working
on
equity
issues
for
a
really
long
time
and
and
really
trying
to
trying
to
make
things
as
fair
as
possible
and
appreciate
all
that
input.
And
I
look
forward
to
kind
of
thinking
about
some
of
your
recommendations
as
we
move
forward,
and
I
noticed
the
color,
blue
and
yellow-
and
I
like
it
very
much.
Thank
you.
Yeah.
H
A
H
I
was
about
to
ask
you
about
the
cost
impact
of
the
license
fee,
but
I
will
do
that
in
writing.
Thank
you
so
much
for
for
everything
you
have
been
here,
a
a
real.
You
have
been
really
delivering
on
site.
We
have
seen
you
that
that
was
excellent
during
the
entire
pandemic.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
that
and
for
modifying
the
the
colors
of
the
presentation
this
weird
from
from
from
the
first
slide.
Thank
you.
I
So
you
know,
I
agree
that
one
of
the
greatest
things
that
I
think
show
our
compassionate
short
compassionate
care
as
a
county
and
being
committed
to
equity,
is
being
able
to
have
programs
that
look
at
what
you
describe
as
those
who
are
willing
to
pay
but
may
be
facing
hardships
and
trying
to
find
a
path
for
them
to
come
into.
Compliance
has
anything
happened
during
the
pandemic
that
has
revealed
the
need
for
a
different
type
of
program
than
anything
that
we
currently
offer.
That
you
would
like
to.
E
Well,
as
you
know,
we
have
long
held
the
the
program
for
the
tap
program,
which
provides
loans.
We
did
private,
not
private,
but
we
did.
Our
office
did
payment
plans
for
individuals
during
the
pandemic,
and
we
continue
to
do
that.
E
We
continue
to
get
people
on
payment
plans
each
and
every
day,
so
we've
been
doing
that
the
outreach
honestly
the
outreach
we
visited,
one
of
our
customers
in
a
facility
the
other
day,
because
he
hadn't
applied
for
tax
relief,
and
so
you
know
we're
doing
that
working
hand
in
hand
with
dhs
to
make
sure
that
we
can
that
we
get
their
help
in
trying
to
aid
these
customers
that
are
going
to
have
tax
balances
that
they
cannot
afford
to
pay.
E
That
is
one
of
the
the
primary
things
that
I
think
our
office
does
for
for
the
elderly
and
and
disabled.
So
we
do
that
again.
We
should
look
at
fees,
those
are
inequitable
in
general
and
I
will
just
add
that
the
return
check
fee
was
brought
in
thirty
thousand
dollars
last
year
and
so
putting
it
that
in
half
would
be
about
fifteen
thousand
dollars.
And
I
think
it's
that
we
can.
We
can
definitely
absorb
that
and
it
will
be
very,
very
critical
to
the
people
that
are
trying
to
pay
their
bills.
I
E
About
seven
to
eight
hundred
in
the
last
couple
of
years
per
year,
so
there
is
a
cost
to
it.
I
don't
think
it
is
dramatic.
It
is
part
of
one
fte's
job
that
we
that
we
do
and
we
reverse
the
payment.
The
system
makes
it
fairly
fairly
easy.
E
A
lot
of
people
that
have
returned
checks,
they've
closed
their
bank
account.
They
didn't
bother
to
tell
us
they've,
you
know,
there's
there's
lots
of
things
that
would
cause
a
return
check,
but
when
people
are
trying
to
pay
their
taxes-
and
they
don't
have
enough
quite
enough
money
in
the
account-
those
are
the
people
that
were
I'm
focused
on
right
now.
Yeah.
C
E
There
are
costs
and
we
are
recovering
some
of
those
costs.
It
takes
someone
time
to
go
into
the
system
and
reverse
that
check.
You
know
or
reverse
the
payment
then
send
that
out
to
the
the
department
who
you
know
it
doesn't
have
to
be
a
tax
payment,
it
could
be
a
utility
payment,
it
could
be
another,
it
could
be
any
payment
and
then
there
those
departments
have
to
have
to
address
that
and
sometimes
rebill
or
get
it
on
to
the
next
bill,
and
then
we
have
to
go
and
and
collect
it
again.
E
So
you
know
there's
many
reasons
for
return
checks
and
the
code
speaks
to
us
charging
for
all
return
checks.
So
again,
I
would
not
suggest
zero,
but
I
think
it
doesn't
have
to
be
at
the
top
at
the
maximum
allowed
by
virginia
code.
Thank
you.
C
My
only
question
was
a
very
pragmatic
one,
which
is
of
all
of
the
fees
we
advertise.
I
don't
recall
that
the
board
advertises
an
overdraft
fee.
You
need
a
board
action
on
that.
It's
not.
E
C
A
board
in
2011
to
increase
it,
so
you
would
need
a
board
action
to
roll
it
back.
Yes,
okay,
I
think
that's
something
we
can
get
with
our
attorney
and
talk
about.
Following
up
the
other
question
I
had
and
again
this
may
be
a
question
for
the
county
attorney
as
much
as
it
is
for
you.
You
were
talking
about
the
regressivity
of
the
the
motor
vehicle
license.
Are
we
enabled
or
authorized
by
code
to
establish
a
fee
that
is
a
function
or
percent
of
value
or
it
has
to
be
a
flat
fee?.
E
C
I
had
just
one
other
question,
which
was
you'd
mention
the
the
movement
towards
an
enterprise
payment
solution,
which
I
know
is
really
welcome.
This
is
a
question
again
for
our
departments
as
much
as
it
is
for
you,
but
when
you
say
enterprise
wide,
you
know
we've
long
sort
of
had
the
vision
of
a
single
system
that
would
allow
somebody
to
pay
permit
fees,
for
example,
as
well
as
taxes
is
that
integrated
with
work
that
cphd
and
des
are
doing
or
it'll
just
have
to
be
a
separate
system.
Okay,.
E
So
it
we
advertised
it
as
a
across-the-board
system.
We
there
are
some
areas
within
the
county
that
have
needed
online
payments
so
badly
that
they
created
their
own
systems,
permits,
parks
and
rec
a
lot
of
different
places.
We
have
cap.
There
are
other
fees,
smaller
fees
that
really
suffered
during
the
pandemic.
When
everybody
was
closed
and
I
off
the
top
of
my
head,
I'm
not
going
to
be
be
able
to
remember
the
some
of
these
fees,
but
they
had
to
do
with
you
know
kim.
Do
you
remember
also.
C
C
E
Right
this
will
we'll
start
with
some
of
those
small
areas
that
don't
have
any
way
of
taking
on
taking
making
online
payments,
and
then
we
will
go
from
cap
to
you
know,
put
our
payments
online
and
then
try
and
talk
other
other
areas
within
the
county
to
have
it
linked
to
this
payment
portal.
Hopefully
we
will
make
it
so
fantastic
that
no
one
will
resist
absolutely
especially
right.
So
they'll
notice
they'll
have
to
do
some
work.
A
C
K
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
county
board
members,
county
manager,
dmf
staff
and
others
that
are
here,
I'd
like
to
introduce
my
chief
deputy,
christina
dietrich,
who
does
the
majority
of
the
workload
in
the
office
or
in
operations
and
running
things,
and
she
also
was
quite
helpful
in
preparing
this
presentation.
Although
I'd
say
I
did
at
least
half
of
it
right,
it
was
a
team.
It
was
a
team
team
effort.
Well
when,
when
dmf
said
that
paul,
maybe
you
might
want
to
shorten
this
song.
My
staff
responded
and
said
well.
K
Paul
actually
did
a
lot
of
himself
and
didn't
want
to
cut
his
own
presentation.
So
it's
dur
it's
budget
time
and
all
of
you,
I'm
sure,
dread
running
into
your
constituents
in
the
stores
who
are
asking
for
our
things
when
you're
grocery
shopping,
miss
garvey
had
the
misfortune
of
running
into
me
last
night
at
the
grocery
store,
and
she
was
nice
enough
to
sincerely
ask
about
my
family
and
how
they
were
doing
and
then
she
said.
K
Are
you
gonna
be
asking
for
money
again
tomorrow,
and
I
told
her
that
I
I
was
yes,
but
that
I
was
hoping
to
to
really
highlight
the
money
that
we're
bringing
in
and
that
we're
providing,
and
this
is
not
just
the
filings
that
are
coming
in.
We
all
know
that
property
is
booming
and
that
land
records
transactions
are
up.
That's
in
fact,
92
percent
of
the
revenues
that
that
come
in
that
you
utilize,
but
we've
also
miss
moroy
from
the
commissioner
revenues
office,
noted
an
increase
in
the
compensation
board
funding.
K
They
gave
across
the
board
five
percent
that
then
localities
were
supposed
to
pass
on
to
the
constitutional
officers.
Now.
That
being
said,
you
do
so
much
for
us
anyway.
I
think
we
come
out
ahead
in
the
mix,
so
I'm
not
saying
we.
We
need
that
specific
five
percent,
but
we
also
because
of
our
increased
number
of
filings.
K
The
com
board
has
deemed
that
the
circuit
court
clerk's
office
in
arlington
needs
more
staff.
Now
they
still
don't
acknowledge
all
the
staff
that
we
need.
There's
many
positions
that
I
have
that
they
say.
I
don't
need
that.
You
have
funded
over
the
years,
but
that
being
said,
they
have
given
more
money
for
more
staff.
So
your
the
revenues
that
are
coming
in
are
increasing
also
the
amount
of
technology
funding
that
you've
provided
to
my
office
over
the
years
is
amazing.
I
really
think
we
probably
have
the
the
top
technology
in
the
state.
K
I'm
almost
sometimes
a
little
embarrassed
when
I'm
talking
to
my
other
colleagues,
I
I
really
have
to
thank
the
board
and
the
county
manager
for
what
they
did
for
our
office
during
kovid,
we
were
recognized
by
county
county
manager's
award
and
inter-departmental
award,
and
that
was
primarily
dts
that
were
most
of
the
people
on
that
we
were
only
a
couple
of
people
from
our
staff
that
participated
in
that.
So
thanks
for
what
you've
done
there,
but
specifically
with
technology
funding,
there
is
some
reimbursement.
K
That's
supposed
to
come
to
circuit
court,
clerk's
offices
from
every
civil
filing
and
back
in
2008,
the
state
swiped
a
lot
of
that
money
and
the
clerks
have
been
lobbying
year
after
year
to
get
that
money
back
and
we
believe
we've
slowly
been
getting
more
money
back
and
we
believe
this
year
we
will
fully
be
getting
all
of
that
four
dollars
from
every
civil
filing
straight
back
to
arlington
county.
So
that
helps
reimburse
you
for
some
of
the
technology
expenses
we've
had
so
revenues
are
going
up.
Our
civil
numbers
are
through
the
roof.
K
K
We're
the
only
ones
that
have
a
good
e-filing
system
in
the
region
and
we
probably
have
the
best
one
in
the
state.
Wise
county
virginia,
actually
has
a
very
good
e-filing
system
too.
If
you
can
believe
that
so
anyway,
in
civil
cases
you
oftentimes
have
choice
of
venue
and
filing,
and
I
think
a
lot
of
people
are
choosing
to
file
with
us
same
with
divorce
cases.
K
You
have
choice
of
venue
and
now
we're
becoming
the
venue
of
choice
and
I'd
almost
like
to
turn
away
some
of
that
business,
because
we
don't
we
we
don't
you
know
it's.
Actually,
we
don't
really
make
money
on
the
trends
we
get
filing
fees
that
come
in,
but
the
workload
on
my
civil
staff
is
really
crushing.
K
One
of
the
questions
that
you've
asked
is
how
is
this
employer
employee
market
affecting
your
office,
and
I
have
a
stunning
statistic
for
you
just
in
this
year,
this
calendar
year,
so
we're
talking
the
past
two
and
a
half
months.
I
have
had
four
employees
leave
my
office
unexpectedly
and
then
I've
had
three
retirements
and
only
one
of
those
three
retirements
was
planned,
so
I
feel
like
hr
and
the
county
manager
are
doing
a
lot
for
me
to
try
to
figure
out
how
we
fill
those
positions
and
and
how
we
make
things
work.
K
K
So
probably
the
poor
person,
that's
clicking
around
says
paul
is
going
all
over
the
place.
I
can't
really
follow
what
he's
doing
so,
if
you
just
go
to
this
slide
here
that
says
taxes
and
fees
collected
from
cct
transactions,
that's
where
I
am,
and-
and
that
shows
you
that,
although
you
know
92
percent
of
the
money
comes
in
from
land
records,
the
total
amount
of
fees
is
increasing
quite
a
bit
each
year,
the
last
three
years.
So
then,
if
we
go
to
the
next
slide,
could
you
go
to
the
next
slide?
K
Please.
This
is
the
excess
fees
and
grants
portion
of
the
money
that's
coming
in
from
the
state
just
just
out,
so
that
that's
not
like
the
land,
the
land
records.
You
know
the
the
property
transactions
that
are
coming
in.
So
that's
the
amount
of
money
it's
gone
up
next
slide.
Please
equity!
K
I
am
the
clerk
in
the
commonwealth
that
represents
the
state
along
that's
chaired
by
the
chief
justice
on
the
access
to
justice
commission,
so
I'm
always
trying
to
take
ideas
to
the
state.
One
of
the
questions
you
asked
the
treasurer
mr
dorsey
was
you
know
what
could
we
do
to
help
you
more
with
equity?
Well,
really
I
got
to
get
state
approval
to
do
the
things
that
I
want
to
do
it's
really
not
about
funding,
so
I'm
working
on
those
things
and
that's
what
I'm
allowed
to
do.
K
I
do,
and
we
certainly
are
referring
people
to
this
self-representative-
a
website
that
this
access
to
justice,
commission
that
one
really
has
spent
a
lot
of
time
with
the
next
slide,
just
sort
of
shows
what
the
county
manager's
budget
looks
like
for
us.
So
then
the
next
slide
would
be
the
more
important
one,
which
is
what
I'm
asking
for,
which
is
the
75
000,
that
the
1.0
fte
would
cost
you
and
once
again
I
think
that
can
be
justified
with
the
revenues
that
are
that
are
coming
in.
K
So
that
concludes
my
presentation.
Glad
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
have.
C
Fabulous,
thank
you
so
much
sir.
It
gives
us
a
couple
minutes.
Four
questions,
mr
dressy.
Is
that
what.
K
I
Dorsey,
did
you
want
to
start
us
sure?
Just
you
know
so
interesting.
You
know
that
much
of
the
work
that
you
need
to
do
as
relates
to
equity,
will
need
to
come
from
state
authority.
That
doesn't
pretend
well
given
the
current
climate,
but
I
appreciate
everything.
You've
done
also
appreciate.
L
K
K
Because
if
you,
if
you
look
at
the
numbers
and
the
way
they've
gone
up,
you
know
when
I
first
started,
you
know:
we'd
come
in
and
work
overtime
on
saturdays
to
hole,
punch
all
the
pieces
of
paper
and
we'd
put
the
things
in
and
then
also
we
were
always
chronically
behind
so
with
the
electronic.
It
provides
service,
especially
to
the
litigants,
because
when
an
order
is
signed
by
a
judge,
they
get
a
email
pinging
them.
Not
all
the
other
jurisdictions
have
that.
K
So
that's
really
a
help,
but
before
we
would,
you
know,
have
to
wait
and
mail
that
out
to
them
and
we'd
be
sometimes
so
far
behind
that.
Sometimes
that
was
inequitable
results
as
far
as
people
say.
Hey,
I
didn't
get
that
and
I'm
like,
oh
well,
we
gotta
we
gotta
figure
out
a
way
to
to
make
this
work
and,
unfortunately,
back
when
I
first
started
the
numbers
were
down.
We
were,
I
started
in
2008,
which
was
a
year
of
recession.
K
I
K
Well,
we're
squeezing
it
out
of
them.
Mr
dorsey,
we
have.
Our
electronic
system
allows
us
to
see
and
measure
what
what
work
is
being
done.
So
it's
not
just
like
yeah
this
person's
fun
to
talk
to
about
basketball
around
the
office.
It's
it's
they're,
it's!
Actually!
It's
actually
all
performance,
metrics,
that's
great
and
then.
C
Oh,
I'm
sorry
miss
garvey.
You
were
next
in
line
there,
oh
just
about
to
jump
in,
but
your
chair.
You
could
jump.
G
C
Fine,
I
was
just
gonna
say
the
the
the
reimbursement
that
you
get
from
the
state
is
sort
of
a
general
function
of
the
compensation
board.
It's
not
tied
to
the
number
of
filings
you
process
is
it.
K
K
That's
really
your
decision
as
a
board,
because
all
of
our
employees
are
technically
county
employees,
but
the
state
some
some
clerk's
offices
have
not
been
absorbed
by
the
locality.
All
of
them
in
northern
virginia
has
but,
let's
just
say,
you're
in
I'd,
say
probably
like
somewhere
like
like
a
spot
sylvania
county
or
something
you
you
would
get
that
whatever
the
compensation
board
thought.
Your
workload
was
you'd.
C
K
K
G
Sometimes,
unless
another
another
time,
then
yeah
another
time,
yeah
yeah,
no
that's
great.
I
thought
it
was
quite
serendipitous
that
I
ran
into
you
in
the
comments.
I
was
glad.
K
G
Well,
I
was
just
recovering
from
the
one
before
and
I
was
just
about
to
go
home
and
get
ready
for
this
one
yeah
yeah.
No,
it's
fine!
So
a
question.
We
ask,
I
think
a
version
of
this
question
a
lot
of
times,
so
you
you
have
a
number
of
employees
that
have
left.
So
I
gather
you
have
a
lot
of
positions
to
hire
for
you
want
another
position.
I
I
get
that
so.
If
we
give
you
another
proficient
position,
can
you
fill
it.
K
You
see
it.
Okay,
I
just
interviewed
and
and
christine
will
tell
you
we're,
making
we're
making
four
offers
to.
I
mean
like
we
had.
K
But
but
if
you
do
fund
it,
I
would
go
back
to
the
the
the
person
that
was
the
first
runner
up
was
a
had
worked
in
a
clerk's
office
in
another
locality
and
was
moving
here
and
she
didn't
have
the
benefit
of
an
in-person
interview,
which
I
thought
you
know
was
real
close
call.
So
I
would,
I
would
really
enjoy
going
back
to
her
and
offering
a
position
or
one
of
the
others
that
came
close.
K
You're
you're
doing
we're
hiring,
we
got
them
coming
on,
we
don't
have
them
all
coming
on
on
the
same
day,
because
we
can't
train
everybody
and
the
county
makes
you
or
strongly
suggest
that
you
need
to
come
on
the
first
day
of
a
pay
period.
So
we
have
every
two
weeks
we
have
people
coming
on.
When
I'm
making
the
offers,
I
give
them
a
corresponding
offer
date
to
make
sure
we
can
train
them.
Yes,.
G
That's
that's
great.
Thank
you.
Other
other
departments
are
not
having
so
much
luck,
hiring
as
you
seem
to
be
having.
So
that's
good.
K
F
Thank
you
to
you
and
miss
dietrich
and
your
entire
team
for
all
the
work
inclined
inclined
to
be
supportive
of
the
additional
fte
appreciate
the
presentation,
and
just
because
I
am
brief,
doesn't
mean
that
I
don't
take
seriously
the
oversight
or
the
the
piece
the
role
of
this,
that
is
the
county
boards.
But
those
are
my
comments.
Thank
you.
K
K
It
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
interest
and,
once
again,
you
know,
as
I
said
at
the
outset,
thanks
for
all
that
you've
done
for
our
office.
C
Likewise,
we
appreciate
you
thanks
for
bringing
a
team
member
as
well
all
right.
We
will
move
now
to
the
judiciary,
the
circuit
court
judiciary,
represented
today
by
judge
newman,
I
believe,
judge
newman.
Are
you
with
us
on
the
the
virtual
meetings
good.
C
C
C
Yes,
yes,
take
a
break.
Take
a
beat,
welcome
all
right!
Excellent
in
that
case,
we'll
welcome
ms
reineminer,
the
the
our
of
our
electoral
board,
we're
so
glad
to
have
our
registrar
with
us
to
cover
your
important
work.
Turn
things
over
to
you.
J
Yes,
good
afternoon,
it's
good
to
see
everybody
in
person
this
year.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
holding
this
today
and
thank
you
to
nicole
who
will
be
driving
my
slides
for
me
today.
So
let's
go
ahead
and
get
started
with
the
first
slide,
nicole.
J
So
the
office
of
voter
registration
and
the
electoral
board
maintains
an
accurate
list
of
registered
voters
and
administers
free,
fair
and
transparent
elections.
J
We
are
also
the
trusted
source
for
information
on
elections
for
arlington,
and
our
hope
is
that
we
are
the
first
stop
for
questions
you
might
have
about
voting
next
slide
as
we
work
towards
being
the
trusted
source
for
information.
One
of
our
big
initiatives
this
last
year
was
to
launch
a
data
dashboard
during
the
november
election.
J
The
data
was
updated
daily
to
answer.
Some
of
the
frequently
asked
questions
that
we
received
during
the
2020
election
voters
wanted
daily
reports
of
how
many
ballots
had
been
cast,
whether
that
was
in
person
or
by
mail.
They
wanted
to
know
how
many
ballots
were
still
waiting
to
be
returned.
How
many
had
been
received,
how
many
were
processed
and
how
many
were
contained
material
omissions
that
needed
us
to
contact
the
voter
for
correction?
J
We
already
have
more
than
eight
thousand
ballots
to
mail
for
the
democratic
primary
this
june
and
last
year
for
the
democratic
primary
we
mailed
a
total
of
5
800
ballots
and
in
2018
just
four
years
ago
we
mailed
a
total
of
a
thousand
and
twenty
eight
ballots.
So
that's
a
nine
hundred
percent
increase
in
mail
ballots
in
the
last
four
years
last
year,
arlington
also
had
the
highest
turnout
in
a
governor's
election
in
the
63
years
of
data
that
our
office
maintains.
J
We
also
were
able
to
conduct
voting
on
sunday
for
the
first
time
ever
because
of
the
funding
provided
by
the
county
board
and
more
than
1400
voters
took
advantage
of
this
additional
voting
day
in
arlington
last
year.
We're
also
attempting
to
increase
public
engagement
during
the
redistricting
process
that
we
are
currently
going
through
right
now.
J
So
as
we
focus
on
equity,
while
voters
have
always
had
the
opportunity
to
comment
on
polling
place,
boundary
and
location
changes,
our
office
has
not
proactively
reached
out
to
impacted
voters
prior
to
making
recommendations
to
the
county
board.
Voters
who
don't
attend
either
an
electoral
or
county
board
members
have
historically
effectively
been
excluded
from
the
process
of
deciding
where
they
get
to
vote
this
year.
In
advance
of
advertising
changes,
we
contacted
impacted
communities
through
nextdoor
and
postcard
mailings
to
get
their
feedback
on
changes
that
impact
them.
J
We
hope
to
be
able
to
expand
on
this
process,
mirroring
something
similar
to
the
slight
site
plan
review
committee's
virtual
engagement
process,
with
upcoming
changes
needed
to
keep
pace
with
the
rapid
growth
that
we're
seeing
along
arlington's
metro
corridors,
we're
also
improving
access
to
data.
In
addition
to
our
dashboard,
we
are
one
of
the
few,
if
not
only
electoral
boards
in
virginia
that
allows
that
is
still
continuing
online
meetings
that
allows
for
remote
attendance
and
we're
also
posting
videos
of
these
meetings
online.
J
This
allows
for
community
members
who
aren't
able
to
attend
a
meeting
in
person
to
be
able
to
attend
the
meeting
on
their
schedule
in
terms
of
ada
accessibility.
I'm
very
excited
that
this
is
the
first
year
that
we'll
be
adding
an
election
day,
ada
checklist
for
our
election
officers
to
complete,
while
every
location
is
ada
compliant.
There
are
sometimes
obstructions
that
pop
up
throughout
the
course
of
an
election
that
might
make
a
location
no
longer
compliant.
J
This
might
be
an
astonishing
that
just
gets
shifted
over
so
that
a
wheelchair
can't
get
through,
or
sometimes
the
bake
cell
blocks
the
ramp
to
get
into
the
location,
and
so
we're
trying
to
equip
our
election
officers
with
the
tools
they
need
to
actively
monitor
ada
compliance
throughout
the
day
next
slide.
Please.
J
There
are
no
substantive
changes
to
our
budget
this
year.
The
increases
both
in
expenses
and
revenue
are
related
to
personnel.
The
state
partially
reimburses
salaries
for
the
journal,
registrar
and
electoral
board,
and
these
salaries
were
both
increased
by
the
state
last
year.
So
we're
anticipating
a
higher
reimbursement
amount
next
slide.
Please,
as
we
look
forward
to
the
next
few
fiscal
years,
we're
closely
monitoring
staffing
voting
trends
and
making
necessary
security
and
transparency
upgrades
next
slide.
J
One
of
the
metrics
that
I
am
closely
monitoring
is
our
staffing
compared
to
other
large
jurisdictions
in
virginia
arlington
is
eighth
both
in
terms
of
population
and
registered
voters,
but
when
we
look
at
the
number
of
transactions
processed
by
our
staff
here,
these
are
voters
who
move,
update,
change
their
name
or
address
or
need
to
be
removed
from
polls.
Our
staff
are
processing
more
transactions
than
other
jurisdictions
in
terms
of
raw
note
numbers
we'll
never
process
as
many
transactions
as
fairfax
county,
but
our
registrars
here
are
processing
transactions
at
a
higher
rate.
J
J
So
we
are
seeing
a
dramatic
shift
in
how
voters
are
choosing
to
vote
in
arlington.
They
are
shifting
to
voting
before
election
day,
and
we
are
extremely
grateful
for
the
fts
that
we
received
last
year
to
help
respond
to
the
increases
in
both
male
and
early
voting.
J
J
If
a
large
percentage
of
these
individuals
decide
to
wait
until
election
day
to
process
that
transaction
we're
going
to
see
an
increase
in
the
number
of
provisional
ballots,
which
will
delay
the
certification
process
for
an
election
in
order
to
maintain
both
voter
and
candidate
confidence,
we
are
going
to
have
to
be
as
transparent
as
possible
through
that
process.
Next
slide,
please,
which
brings
me
to
my
final
consideration,
which
is
finding
ways
to
balance
both
security
and
transparency
in
our
physical
and
cyber
spaces.
J
J
In
addition
to
securing
our
physical
space,
we're
also
working
closely
with
dts
to
ensure
compliance
with
22
minimum
security
standards
that
are
required
by
the
code
of
virginia
meeting.
These
standards
will
can
will
not
come
without
work
and
resources,
and
my
hope
is
that
the
county
board
will
continue
to
prioritize
dts's
request
for
increased
cyber
security
and
innovation,
as
we
look
forward
to
the
midterms
this
year
and
start
preparing
for
the
2024
presidential
primary,
which
will
be
included
in
next
fiscal
year's
budget.
We'll
be
tracking
these
three
items
pretty
closely.
So
with
that.
C
Excellent,
what
an
important
note
on
which
to
end!
I
will
look
to
colleagues
for
questions
and,
as
I'm
waiting
to
see
if
lights
come
on
I'll,
just
note
how
much
we
appreciate
you.
C
I
think
just
that
that
brief
comment
about
security
puts
us
in
mind
of
how
challenging
this
work
has
become
nationally,
whether
it
is
the
fracturing
of
public
trust
in
elections
and
processes,
or
just
the
number
of
literal,
cyber
security
attacks
and
rhetorical
attacks
on
the
the
independence
of
this
process
and
the
fact
that
you,
ms
randomizer,
and
the
electoral
board,
have
done
your
work
and
the
significant
expansion
of
participation
in
just
such
an
unimpeachable
way
and
arlingtonians
can
have
such
faith
in
the
elections
process
is
as
we're
seeing
around
the
country,
not
something
that
can
be
assumed.
F
Sure
I
want
to
totally
agree
with
the
chair
on
the
on
the
integrity
and
the
faith
that
voters
have
and
should
have
and
can
have
in
our
system.
F
Let
me
see,
if
I
recall
correctly
so:
drop
boxes,
satellite
voting
locations
and
sunday
voting
a
lot
of
it
has
been
covered
by
state
law.
Are
we
continuing
sunday
and
can
you
help
me
with
the
satellite
for
this
fall.
J
So
we,
the
electoral
board,
will
set
the
hours
for
the
early
voting
and
satellite
locations.
We
hope
to
do
that
next
week
at
electoral
board
meeting
I'm
and
they
haven't
considered
the
hours
for
the
fall
yet,
but
I
think
1400
voters
and
the
four
hours
that
we
were
open
on
sunday
is
significant.
That
was
pretty
high
turnout,
so
I
do
think
that's
something
that
we
intend
to
continue
this
year.
F
Great
and
then
I
was
looking
through
the
budget
language
on
satellite
voting
locations
set
by
the
electoral
vote
board,
but
we
have
the
do.
We
have
the
funding
yet
or
not.
F
F
F
J
J
So
dropboxes
are
permanent.
I'm
there.
The
legislature
has
the
bills.
There
were
bills
introduced
to
remove
them
as
an
option
from
virginia
at
this
point
in
time.
Those
have
not
made
it
to
the
governor's
desk.
So.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
for
your
work.
That's
a
lot
of
voters
last
year
and
just
a
big
thank
you
for
that.
G
J
G
You're,
starting
with
the
county
board
good
place
to
start.
Thank
you
so
much
and
I
I
just
want
to
add
our
thanks.
I
mean
electoral,
but
it
just
used
to
be
something
that
was
so.
You
know
just
kind
of
mundane
and
people
did
it
the
same
way
and
and
the
way
you
have
pivoted
and
changed.
I
mean
it's
just
it's
just
been
incredible
and
I
really
really
appreciate
it
and
it
looks
like
it's
not
going
to
stop.
So.
Thank
you.
Thank.
H
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
refresher
that
was
in
my
mind
as
well,
as
I
think
sunday
worked
very
well.
One
thing
that
I
don't
know,
if
is
part
of
the
decision
about
how
many
or
where
the
satellite
location
will
be,
is
the
synchronization
and
harmonization
of
ours,
because
you
know
the
it
was
kind
of
difficult
to
convey
all
the
different
hours
and
the
small
differences,
and
that's
that
that
made
it
a
little
bit
less
customer
friendly
and
anything
else
that
wasn't
amazingly
customer
friendly
and
voter
friendly
last
year.
H
I
this
is
the
only
thing
that
I
want
to
to
add
to
this
conversation
I
I
saw
I
voted
myself
on
sunday,
and
I
saw
many
many
happy
faces
for
this-
a
also
an
extra
thank
you
for
dedicating
the
the
time
to
to
research
around
choice
voting
this
year.
That's
part,
I
don't.
I
don't
know
if
this
is
at
any
rate,
part
of
of
my
relevant
to
the
budget
discussion
is
that
ongoing
or.
J
So
rank
choice,
voting
will
be
a
decision
by
the
county
board
and
we
stand
ready
and
willing
to
implement.
Could
that
be
the
choice
of
the
county
board,
so
I
know
that
there
are
ongoing
conversations
in
the
community.
Just
this
week,
I've
been
asked
to
meet
with
the
civic
federation
to
answer
some
of
their
questions.
So,
okay.
J
C
I
Dorsey,
thank
you
as
always
good,
to
see
you,
ms
ryan
meyer,
so
as
we
think
about
the
shift
in
voting
preferences
and
as
we
near
if
trends
continue,
half
people
deciding
to
vote
in
some
other
manner
other
than
in
person
on
election
day.
Does
this
change
the
space
requirements
that
you
need
for
election
day
polling
places,
or
does
it
change
sort
of
the
number
that
you
have
in
your
mind
to
what
constitutes
a
too
large
precinct
that
you
can
accommodate.
J
It's
a
good
question.
I
know
when
a
couple
years
ago,
when
we
first
introduced
no
excuse
absentee
voting,
I
made
the
comment
that
it's
going
to
take
us
about
five
years
to
balance
out
as
a
community.
Obviously
we
had
a
pandemic
in
the
middle
of
that
which
threw
everything
to
one
extreme.
So
we've
really
only
had
one
election
to
see.
Voters
moving
to
these,
where
they're
probably
going
to
end
up
voting.
J
So
we're
still
watching
that
for
this
next
year
and
we
will
see
how
that
reflects
the
election
day
spaces,
because
we
do
have
some
precincts
that
are
some
of
the
largest
precincts
in
the
commonwealth,
but
because
they
are
located
close
to
an
early
voting
center,
a
bulk
of
their
voters
vote
before
election
day.
So
we
don't
necessarily
have
to
add
extra
locations.
So
it
is
being
factored
into
our
analysis
when
we
go
to
look
at
polling
locations.
J
It's
all
changing
and-
and
I
hate-
and
I
hate
to
put
us
in
that
kind
of
vague
period
right
now,
but
I
think
and
obviously
the
county
is
growing
at
an
exponential
rate
right
now,
so
we
just
really
need
to
stay
on
top
of
the
development
in
the
numbers.
So.
I
J
So
it's
yeah
it's
every
day,
I'm
hearing
about
a
new
address
that
I
have
to
add
to
our
system
or
an
address
that
I
have
to
take
off
of
our
system,
so
we're
just
a
very
transient
community
of
yeah
there's
a
lot
of
building,
much
more
so
than
my
colleagues
are
seeing
elsewhere
in
the
commonwealth.
Absolutely.
C
C
All
right
well,
on
that
note,
I
think
we
can
conclude
I'll
say
thank
you
again
and
to
highlight
one
of
the
points
you
made
in
terms
of
that
proactive
outreach
about
the
new
polling
places
for
the
curing
of
the
split
precincts.
We
have,
I
think,
just
on
saturday,
an
advertisement
for
for
proposals
there.
C
So
we
look
forward
to
trying
to
help
you
get
out
the
word,
and
we
really
appreciate
that
proactivity
to
make
sure
that
people
know
when
they're
affected
and
can
weigh
in
on
with
their
perspective
on
where
they
should
be.
J
Yeah
and
the
community
has
been
helpful.
They
definitely
have
raised
concerns
that
I
was
not
aware
of
until
they
bring
them
to
my
attention.
Yeah.
C
C
Welcome
thank
you
for
coming
across
the
plaza.
It's
such
a
delight
to
get
to
see
you
in
person.
M
To
you
well,
madam
chair,
thank
you
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
appear
before
the
board
manager
and
just
chat
with
you
a
little
bit
about
what
we've
been
up
to
well.
It
goes
without
saying
that
we're
back
up
and
we're
at
full
speed,
in
fact
we're
probably
running
it
beyond
full
speed.
At
this
point.
M
Because
of
what
has
happened
with
the
pandemic,
the
courts
have
really
been
forced
to
make
up
for
a
lot
of
lost
ground.
We
are
doing
more
trials,
more
catch-up
work
to
bring
things
back
to
normal.
I
often
joke
that,
as
I
get
closer
to
retirement,
I'm
working
harder
than
I've
ever
worked
before
in
my
life.
But
that's
it's
that's
a
good
thing,
I
suppose.
As
an
overview,
you
know,
as
you
know,
the
trial
court
here
in
arlington
for
a
few
years
back
had
lost
the
judge.
M
We
now
have
been
back
up
to
full
speed
for
the
last
eight
years
and
are
luckily
we're
at
full
speed
because
we
are
needing.
We
might
need
somebody
else
at
some
point
that
the
way
things
are
going,
especially
with
the
advent
of
amazon
coming
into
the
county,
and
so
many
more
probably
increasing
civil
filings,
which
we
are
seeing.
M
I
believe
that
the
clerk
may
have
even
already
indicated
that
we're
up
about
33
percent
in
our
civil
filings-
and
the
point
is-
is
that
civil
cases,
because
they
are
about
money,
often
require
a
lot
more
work
in
terms
of
what
the
clerk
is
doing
and
certainly
what
the
the
court
is
in
fact
doing
in
terms
of
processing
those
particular
things,
because
they
become
much
more
complex
and
we
are
trying
to
deal
with
it.
M
It's
truly
a
situation
where
arlington
the
court
here
has
been.
I
guess,
because
of
the
technology
and
the
innovations
that
were
put
in
place
some
years
ago,
has
become
a
the
place
of
choice
for
a
lot
of
litigants
to
come,
because
it's
so
it's
easy,
they
can
file
online.
They
can
do
so
many
things
online
without
actually
having
to
show
up.
So
we
are
a
product
of
our
own
innovation
in
terms
of
what
it
has
cost
us
to
do.
I
would
say,
from
a
criminal
point
of
view,
things
are
down.
M
Obviously
we
have
a
commonwealth
attorney
who
has
a
different
philosophy
about
certain
types
of
cases
that
they
do
choose
and
want
to
prosecute,
and
that's
certainly
a
choice
that
has
been
made
so
in
both
good
and
bad.
M
I
suppose,
in
terms
of
it,
it
frees
up
a
lot
more
resources
because
of
certain
choices
that
have
been
made
and
but
we
are
seeing
that
there
has
been
a
diminution
in
the
amount
of
cases,
but
we
are
making
more
than
making
up
for
it
on
the
civil
side
from
when
we
started
talking
about
our,
I
suppose
I
should
say:
move
the
next
slides
or
so
forth.
In
terms
of
budget
changes,
we
are
not
really
have
been
asking
for
much
in
the
way
of
budget
changes.
M
One
of
the
the
things
that
we
are
most
concerned
about,
of
course,
is
ongoing
training,
especially
for
drug
court.
The
the
drug
report
program
is
also
being
versus
has
been
very
successful
since
its
start
we're
getting
many
many
more
people
who
are
participating
and
going
successfully
through
the
program.
M
One
of
the
biggest,
I
suppose
the
ongoing
change
in
terms
of
our
budget
is
there
were
the
training
funds
for
the
drug
court
staff
and
the
impact
that
you
see
in
our
slide
here
of
about
fifteen
thousand
seven
hundred
dollars.
But
again
I
think
that
that's
money
that
has
to
be
spent
because
it's
if
the
program
is
going
to
stay
in
place.
We
also
obviously
always
concerned
about
just
general
staff
and
judicial
training.
M
One
of
the
things
is
because
we
are
a
court
that
is
in
fact
recognized
now
across
the
the
commonwealth
as
being
a
high
performance
court.
M
We
have
become
in
many
ways
the
poster
child
for
some
of
the
other
courts
even
to
the
point
where
richmond
sent
a
group
of
people
up
very
recently
to
look
at
how
we
are
doing
things,
how
we
turn
turned
around
our
whole
way
of
doing
things
which
left
brought
us
from
the
lower
end
of
the
state
to
the
top
men,
and
they
are
looking
at
how
we
can
they
can
help
other
courts
in
some
of
the
same
programs.
That
arlington
has
instituted
over
the
last
few
years.
M
We're
trying
to
do
everything
we
can
to
maintain
our
model
standards
in
the
in
the
state.
We
are
certainly
concerned
about
making
sure
that
funding
for
any
it
upgrades
like.
I
said
it's
a
mixed
blessing,
because
when
you
get
more
I.t,
we
get
more
people
interested
in
coming
into
arlington,
but
we
still
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
cutting
edge
when
it
comes
to
the
I.t
and
automated
programs
that
are
in
place.
For
us.
M
The
manager's
always
been
very
receptive
whenever
we've
gone
to
him
for
anything,
we
try
not
to
ask
for
much
an
old
judge,
told
me
winston
judge
winston
used
to
always
say
you
don't
want
to
be
too
beholden
to
the
local
government,
because
you
have
to
decide
their
cases
and
you
don't
want
the
appearance
of
any
impropriety
about
what
you
asked
for
so,
and
we
try
to
maintain
that
standard
in
terms
of
what
we
asked
for,
and
I
believe
that
you
all
have
always
been
responsive
and
we
appreciate
it.
C
Thanks,
we
appreciate
that
very
much
I'll
look
to
colleagues
if
they
have
questions
ms
garfield
you'd
like
to
start
yeah
just.
G
Just
assume,
I'm
really
pleased
to
hear
how
well
the
drug
court
is
doing.
I
remember
when
it
came
on.
This
was
a
new
thing.
How
was
it
going
to
go,
and
I
I
am
gathering
this
really
changing-
probably
some
people's
lives
and
much
much
better
outcomes,
if
that's
that
guy
had
loved
him
or
not,
and
now
that
it's
a
model
and
getting
picked
up
elsewhere
in
the
state,
that's
huge!
If
that's
what
I'm
hearing
from
you!
If
that's
well
right.
M
The
the
the
the
other
programs
in
the
state
are
also
doing
very
well.
However,
as
a
result,
I'm
not
sure
where
the
result,
but
we
now
have
another
jurisdiction,
who's
gotten
very
interested
in
how
we
do
things
and
so
forth,
and
they
are,
you
know,
picking
up
the
torch
so
to
speak
and
go
running
with
it.
M
G
F
Just
to
that
end,
do
you
think
that,
because
fiscally,
if
we
were
able
to
use
drug
court,
there
could
be
savings,
of
course,
in
our
detention
facility,
you
think
that
additional
resources
there
are
are
advisable
or
the
circumstances
through
which
you
qualify
for
drug
court
sufficiently
limited
that
additional
resources
wouldn't
help
with
diversion,
particularly.
M
Well,
I
think
that
I
in
in
all
candor,
beware
what
you
say.
I
I
think
that
the
the
county
has
been
very
receptive
whenever
we
have
needed
anything
additional.
You
all
have
always
stepped
up
and
come
forward,
and-
and
I
I
look
I
I
anticipate
that
would
continue,
because
I
know
that
it
is
a
program
that
is
near
and
dear
to
the
hearts
of
the
board
and
so
but
right
now.
I
think
that
what
we're
asking
for
in
terms
of
what
we
need
is
is
as
adequate
at
this
particular
time.
C
I
might
if
mr
dorsey
allow
me
I
did
have
a
question
on
a
similar,
because
it
is
a
rather
modest
amount
of
money,
and
I
know
that
there
are
quite
a
few
individuals
involved
in
the
execution
of
drug
court,
including
not
only
staff
of
the
courts
but
dhs
and
other
partners.
And
so
I'm
just
interested
in
the
extent
of
which
those
trainings
are
ones
that
there
are
participants
across
those
sectors.
M
For
the
most
part,
it's
four
court
staff
every
year
there
are
particular
parts
of
it
that
address
different
issues
for
parts
of
the
staff
and,
of
course,
there's
a
the
judicial
training
as
well
that
every
year
that
judge
di
mateo
has
to
attend.
But
it's
it
there's
a
little
piece
for
everybody
as
it
were,
and
we
try
to
make
sure
that
everybody
gets
to
go
to
their
their
particular
area.
M
I
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
judge.
Newman.
I
saw
that
100
retention
rate
for
for
drug
court
this
year
and
just
warmed
my
heart.
You
know
that
such
heights
could
be
achieved
with
this.
I
My
question,
though,
is
about
the
workload,
and
so
I
appreciate
both
you
and
mr
ferguson
giving
us
a
sense
of
that
increase
in
civil
filings
and
how
it's
impacted,
the
clerk
and
and
and
the
judiciary,
and
I
hate
to
ask
this
of
you,
because
I
know
you're
scrambling
to
sort
of
catch
up
post
covid,
but
if,
at
some
point
there
would
be
a
way
to
you
know,
assist
us
in
trying
to
understand
from
a
research
and
analysis
perspective,
how
much
of
the
increased
workload
is
attributed
to
development
and
and
the
complex
financial
transactions
that
you
you
decide
you
you
described.
I
That
would
be
really
helpful
so
that
we
can
have
a
better
handle
of
the
decisions
that
we
make
in
land
use
and
partnerships
and
how
that
might
impact
other
parts
of
the
organization
versus
just
being
the
venue
of
choice,
because
you're
so
good
at
your
job.
So
if
you
could
help
us
figure
out
like
what's
the
what's
the
level
that's
attributed
to
each
over
the
course
of
the
next
year,
no
rush
that
would
just
be
very
helpful.
Okay,.
M
We
will
sit
down
and
try
to
see
the
best
way
of
making
sure
that
you
all
are
kept
abreast
of
what's
going
on
and
why
and
and
how
it
is
impacting
us
so
that,
as
you
make
your
future
financial
and
budgetary
considerations
you'll
take
that
into
consideration
as
well
yeah.
Thank
you
sure.
C
We
can
control
new
land
use
approvals.
We
cannot
control
how
excellent
you
are
so
if
it's
just
folks
are
attracted
to
to
come
to
this
to
this
docket,
that's
wonderful,
excellent!
Thank
you
so
much.
I
think
that
concludes
our
questions.
We
really
appreciate.
C
Thank
you
and
thank
you
to
your
whole
team,
all
right.
I
know
that
next
on
our
list
is
our
commonwealth's
attorney
priscilla
gonna
tafti,
who
I
know
is
with
us
virtually
madame
commonwealth's
attorney,
we're
so
glad
to
have
you
and
I'll
turn
the
floor
over
to
you.
N
Thank
you
so
much,
madam
chair
and
members
of
the
county
board.
I,
and
also
thank
you
alicia
for
doing
the
slides.
I
am
here
with
my
chief
deputy
carrie
steele
and
our
office
administrator,
laura
saul
edwards
next
slide,
please
I
like
miss
mary
and
everybody
else
that
has
spoken.
I
would
like
to
thank
the
county,
hr,
dts,
the
county
manager's
office,
mr
schwartz,
and
all
of
the
system
partners
from
court
services
unit
to
dhs
who
have
just
allowed
us
to
work
collaboratively
and
to
get
through
the
coveted
pandemic.
N
I'd
also
like
to
say
thank
you
to
my
staff,
who
have
been
present
every
single
day,
serving
the
public
every
single
day
and
serving
it
in
a
job
that
has
to
be
in
person,
and
so
they
are
really
the
heroes
of
all
of
the
stories
and
all
of
the
successes
that
we
have
so
a
huge
thanks
to
them
next
slide.
Please.
N
We
spearheaded
the
effort
to
have
arlington
actively
participate
in
a
task
force
created
to
combat
region-wide
increases
in
auto
theft.
This
effort
led
to
a
drop
in
car
related
crimes
in
the
second
half
of
2021,
and
most
of
the
car
related
thefts
that
we
are
seeing
are
actually
due
to
unlocked
unoccupied
and
idling
cars.
N
Our
behavioral
health
docket
allows
individuals
experiencing
mental
health
crises
to
obtain
treatment
without
incurring
a
criminal
record.
We
have
prevented
an
unfair
deportation.
We've
treated
kids
like
kids
by
not
certifying
a
single
child
as
an
adult
and
work
to
avoid
the
detention
of
kids
who
do
become
court
involved.
N
Drug
court
is
near
capacity
for
the
first
time.
In
years.
We
continued
our
policy
of
not
asking
for
cash
bail
and
in
order
to
avoid
criminalizing
poverty
and
we've
kept,
the
jail
population
constitute
consistently
at
the
lowest
that
it's
been
in
decades
without
affecting
public
safety.
N
We
charge
with
restraint
rather
than
blindly
charging
multiple
felonies.
In
order
to
leverage
those
charges
into
a
guilty
plea.
We
devise
diversion
programs
that
are
based
on
evidence
of
what
works
to
rehabilitate
people
and
what
works
to
keep
the
community
safe
and
we've
maintained
a
policy
of
eliminating
the
use
of
peremptory
strikes
in
jury
selection,
even
as
jury
trials
are
picking
up
again
in
order
to
ensure
that
they
ensure
that
juries
are
representative
of
a
fair
cross
section
of
the
community.
N
These
are
just
a
snapshot
of
what
we're
doing
I'm
going
to
go
into
a
deeper
dive
on
a
couple
of
things.
If
you
could,
please
go
to
the
next
slide,.
N
So
we
take
serious
cases
seriously
and
you
can
see
here
a
snapshot
of
some
of
the
cases
that
we
have
worked
on
in
the
interest
of
time.
I'm
going
to
mention
something:
that's
not
on
the
slide
and
it's
something
that
prosecutors
don't
normally
brag
about,
and
it's
that
we
have
prevented
two
wrongful
convictions
because
of
the
intense
investigative
follow-up
that
our
attorneys
have
done
in
partnership
with
our
law
enforcement
partners.
N
N
What
we
are
trying
to
do
essentially
is
to
transform
justice,
and
that
means
different
things
to
different
people.
But
when
I
talk
about
it,
I
mean
transforming
it
so
that
it's
more
fair,
more
equitable,
more
responsive
to
the
needs
of
everybody
affected
by
the
system
and
one
of
the
ways
in
which
the
system
falls
short
consistently
is
restitution
for
victims.
N
Another
way
in
which
we
serve
people
harmed
the
wider
community
and
people
who've
done
harm
is
through
restorative
justice,
and
we
just
signed
an
mou
with
restorative
arlington
and
the
court
services
unit
to
launch
heart
of
safety.
It's
a
program
that
will
serve
youth
and
young
adults
and
obviously
the
persons
that
they've
harmed,
focusing
on
serious
offenses
where
restorative
justice
conferencing
is
the
most
effective.
The
smart
prosecution
grant
that
we
received
from
the
bureau
of
justice.
N
N
In
a
moment,
and
as
I
said,
you
know
we
charge
with
restraint,
we
don't
leverage
charges
for
guilty
plea
and
we
devise
diversion
programs,
so
the
cases
can
be
dealt
with
in
an
evidence-based
fashion,
rather
than
saddling
people
with
felony
convictions
that
close
off
housing,
educational
and
job
opportunities-
and
we
do
all
of
this
while
focusing
on
the
people
that
are
harmed
and
making
sure
that
they
receive
the
services
and
healing
that
they
need.
N
We
also
know
that
keeping
people
out
of
jail
is
more
conducive
to
rehabilitation
and
it's
more
conducive
to
a
safe
community,
and
so
we
are
actually
working
with
the
pre-trial
justice
institute.
That
is,
that
has
received
a
bureau
of
justice
assistance
grant
to
gather
data,
mapped
pretrial
services
and
work
to
find
new
pr
new
pre-trial
practices.
That
really
can
expand
liberty,
while
maintaining
public
safety,
and
I
did
mention
the
behavioral
health
docket.
N
It's
designed
for
10
people
and
demand
has
been
such
that
we
actually
have
12
people
in
it
right
now
and
there
is
a
waiting
list,
and
this
docket
alone
requires
an
investment
of
about
14
hours
a
week
of
attorney
time,
which
is
time
extremely
well
spent,
because
it
keeps
some
of
our
most
vulnerable
folks
who
are
court
involved
out
of
jail
and
and
out
of
the
system
as
much
as
possible
and
connected
to
things
that
actually
will
help
them
get
back
on
track.
N
Two
people
have
graduated
from
the
bhd
and
we
are
like
the
whole
team
is
just
working
really
well
together
and
it's
just
it's
been
a
delight
to
to
work
with
the
system.
Partners
on
that
and
again
a
word
about
drug
court,
because
it's
related
to
the
bhd
in
2019
before
the
current
administration,
it
had
only
four
participants,
it
now
has
18
and
we
are
hoping
to
get
it
to
capacity
to
22.
N
next
slide.
Please
transforming
justice
also
to
me
and
to
the
office,
means
addressing
disparities.
N
For
instance,
we
are
working
with
vera
institute's
motion
for
justice
to
be
a
leader
in
focusing
on
how
a
prosecutor's
office
can
create
safer
communities
by
reducing
incarceration
and
reducing
racial
disparities
throughout
the
system
we've
partnered
with
oar
as
our
community-based
organization
partner.
N
As
part
of
motion
for
justice
and
together,
we
were
able
to
get
a
grant
from
to
oar
to
create
an
intense
and
supportive
diversion
program
to
serve
people
who
otherwise
would
be
incarcerated,
and
that
program
includes
peer
support,
job
training,
behavioral
therapy
and
other
things
really
to
address
the
root
causes
of
crime,
and
we
have
created
and
staffed
a
conviction
review
unit.
N
Review
attorney
also
devised
a
plan
when
a
judge
in
a
neighboring
jurisdiction
called
on
us
to
be
a
special
prosecutor
in
a
serious
sex
assault
case
because
of
allegations
of
prosecutorial
misconduct
to
ensure
that
when
we
took
on
the
case
that
that
information,
that
was
the
basis
of
that
allegation,
was
segregated
from
the
actual
attorneys
who
were
prosecuting
it.
So
she
devised
a
plan.
She
presented
it
to
that
judge
and
she
executed
the
plan
so
that
we
could
ensure
the
fairness
of
that
trial
next
slide.
Please.
C
And
I'll
just
I'm
just
going
to
know
briefly
to
say
I
think
we're
we're
now
kind
of
moving
into
the
time
that
we
would
otherwise
use
for
questions.
We
can
defer
questions
and
put
them
in
writing
if
you
want
to
take
the
next
five
minutes
to
finish
the
presentation.
N
I'm
usually
the
short,
the
the
person
who
speaks
very
quickly.
I
think
you
can
see
you
know
the
numbers
on
the
victim.
The
witness
slide
are
very
clear.
We
are,
you
know,
really
trying
to
serve
everybody,
whether
or
not
there
are
charges
in
their
case.
N
The
most
important
part
of
focusing
on
equity
is
that
we
have
been
the
transformative
justice
that
we've
been
working
on
and
a
recognition
that,
in
order
to
do
the
daily
work,
we
also
need
to
transform
culture,
and
so
we've
been,
you
know,
self-initiating
transforming
culture,
everything
from
the
way
we
that
we
speak
in
our
language
to
our
hiring
and
retention
policies.
Next
slide,
please
oh,
go
ahead!
Next,
two
slides,
please.
N
And
the
budget
highlights
really
are
that
you
know
we
have
a
continuing
sort
of
fairly
hefty
some
for
evidence.com
software
and
that
you
know
we
really
really
appreciate
the
five
new
ftes
that
the
manager
has
put
in
the
budget
representing
two
attorneys
and
three
paralegals-
that
we've
added
to
our
team
to
handle
the
body-worn
camera
caseload
in
as
efficient
a
manner
as
we
can
next
slide.
Please.
N
As
I
said,
we
really
appreciate
the
budget
increases.
The
commonwealth's
attorney
is
traditionally
at
the
office
has
traditionally
been
fairly
underfunded
and
the
body
worn
program
really
made
that
very
obvious.
We
were
instrumental
in
pursuing
and
winning
nearly
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
state
and
national
grants
to
support
restorative
justice
in
arlington
and
false
church,
and
you
can
see
some
of
that
reflected
in
these
numbers
next
slide.
N
Please,
and
finally,
you
know
I
will
just
say
that
everything
that
is
going
on
is
about
bodybuilding
body
worn
and
more
body-worn
cameras.
We
do
hope
that
I
would
advocate
actually
for
to
make
the
conviction
review
attorney
a
permanent
position,
but
would
very
much
appreciate,
nonetheless,
even
a
temporary
extension
of
the
role.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
your
support
for
your
time
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
C
F
I
just
want
to
note
that
I'd
like
to
follow
up
on
the
behavioral
health
docket
and
if
you
have
any
a
sentence
or
two
on
your
thoughts
on
whether
additional
resources
there
would
be
helpful.
You
mentioned
22
we're
at
12
there's
a
small
wait
list.
N
So
the
behavior,
the
capacity
for
the
behavioral
health
docket
right
now
is
10
and
it
is
I'm
sorry,
I'm
distracted
by
my
screen.
The
capacity
is
10
and
we
have
12
and
a
wait
list.
I
think
we
could
have
four
times
as
many
people
there,
but
we
would
need
to
really
add
staff
from
all
of
the
organizations
and
agencies
involved
in
order
to
do
a
good
job
because
of
the
the
intensity
of
the
wrap
around
services.
N
So
it
would
take
a
significant
investment,
but
it
could
easily
be
three
or
four
times
the
size
that
it
is.
H
Since
thank
you
for
the
presentation,
it's
it's
been
amazing
work
that
the
the
commonwealth
southern
office
has
been
producing
and-
and
I
at
least
I
mean
I-
I
joined
many
early
20s,
seeing
the
the
very
good
results
of
that
on
the
conviction
review
unit.
We
learned
this
this.
You
know,
past
january
that
the
newcomer
was
the
new
attorney
general
actually
dispensed
with
the
entire
at
you
know,
commonwealth's
department.
I
believe
this
was
more
than
30
people
who
were
you
know,
relief
from
their
duties.
H
So
what
is
the
the
impact
of
that
decision?
For?
For
you
know
the
you
know,
our
common
awards,
commonwealth's
attorney's
office,.
N
So
I
want
to
start
with
the
caveat
that
the
commonwealth's
attorney,
generally
speaking,
can't
go
into
court
and
ask
for
a
conviction
to
be
reconsidered,
and
so
that
would
normally
be
the
respondent
in
that
case
would
normally
be
the
ag's
office,
but
we
play
an
active
role
in
investing
reinvestigating
and
figuring
out
what
things
to
you
know
if
there's
a
dna
testing
request,
you
know
we're
responsible
for
requesting
that
and
the
net
effect
of
you
know
completely
firing
the
entire
conviction
integrity
unit
that
was
in
the
ag's
office.
N
Is
that
a
lot
more
of
that
investigative
work
and
the
advising
work
falls
on
to
the
commonwealth's
attorney's
offices,
if
they're
actually
doing
it,
and
I
will
say
that
we
are
the
only
conviction,
integrity
or
the
conviction
review
unit
in
the
commonwealth
of
virginia.
C
Great
thanks
so
much
just
one
question
actually
for
the
manager-
and
I
can
do
this
on
writing
the
the
comments
that
you
had
shared
about.
Your
work
on
restorative
justice,
which
is
very
exciting,
and
specifically
the
signing
of
an
mou
with
restorative
arlington,
reminds
me
that
the
board
directed
as
part
of
our
guidance
last
year
to
create
a
notice
of
funding
available
for
a
competitive
process.
C
Since
we
do
now
have
actually
a
number
of
nonprofits
in
our
community
working
in
this
space
and
as
we
try
to
transition
this
from
kind
of
a
government-based
effort
to
the
best
practice
of
a
community-based
effort.
We're
looking
to
find
partners
to
do
that.
Do
you
happen
to
know
an
update
on
the
status
of
that,
or
is
that
something
we
could
ask
for
in
writing
and
follow-up.
O
Well,
I'd
be
happy
to
follow
up
in
writing,
but
I've
been
keeping
the
commonwealth's
attorney
apprised,
as
I
have
other
people
who
will
be
responding
to
the
notice
of
funding
availability,
it
is
going
to
come
out
and
I'm
not
trying
to
be
clever
by
saying
it's
going
to
be
coming
out
in
the
spring.
In
this
fiscal
year.
We
have
not
forgotten
about
it,
we're
in
the
process
of
completing
the
draft
on
that.
O
Okay,
I
know
that
we
we
have
someone
who's
working
in
my
office,
ms
lightly,
who
is
going
to
be
rolling
off
our
roles
at
the
end
of
june
and
they're
working
on
incorporating
themselves
as
a
501c3
we've
been
talking
with
sifa
and
some
other
organizations
and
they're
we're
keeping
them
apprised
of
the
developments
there.
That's.
C
Terrific
thank
you
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
that's
underway,
okay!
Well,
I
think
we'll
go
ahead
and
and
move
on
to
our
next
presentation-
miss
agonic
duffy.
Thank
you.
I
think
the
sheer
scope
of
your
work
makes
it
even
more
impressive
that
you
can
take
the
time
away
to
be
with
us
today
and
really
appreciate
the
update
on
all
that
you're
doing,
as
well
as
the
budget
impacts
in
your
head.
So
thank
you
again.
C
Thank
you.
So
much
for
all
of
your
support,
excellent.
All
right.
We
will
move
along
next
to
the
chief
magistrate
represented
by
our
chief
magistrate.
Bruce
adams
welcome
mr
adams.
Glad
to
have
you
this
afternoon.
P
P
P
As
I
many
of
you
have
heard
me
say
before
we're
the
only
judicial
officers
in
the
state
magistrates
office
that
operates
24
hours
a
day,
seven
days
a
week,
365
days
a
year
in
the
arlington
and
falls
church
office
which
I
operate,
there
are
eight
and
a
half
of
us.
P
And
that's,
I
think,
is
important
to
remember
that
we're.
Basically
we
do
you
hire
us
as
judicial
officers
and
we
do
everything
else.
Besides,
it
makes
the
office
work.
P
P
Myself
and
the
our
part-timer
we're
the
ones
who
he's
been
here
for
over
20
years
and
I'm
going
to
be
dating
myself.
I've
been
here
for
almost
28
years.
P
We
could
be
dealing
with
you
know:
releasing
people
holding
bond
hearings
issuing
search
warrants
for
the
other
day
dealt
with
everything
for
involving
a
number
of
search
warrants
for
murders
and
everything
else.
P
P
We
had
to
be
there
24
7
and
we
are
now
again
using
our
hearing
room
for
in
per
you
know,
face
to
face,
although
we
have
put
up
a
screen
to
so,
it
helps
a
little
bit
but
terms
can
get
around
screens,
but
we
can
only
do
what
we
can
do
and
people
are
entitled
to
proper
hearing
part
of
a
judicial
officer
under
the
circumstances
that
happen
when
they're
brought
before
us.
P
We
have
been
very
stretched
in
our
office
out
of
the
eight
and
a
half
of
us.
Three
people
came
down
with
covet
at
different
times,
and
so
we
were
thin
on
the
ground
and
on
top
of
that,
we've
been
covering
and
we're
still
covering
several
hours
a
day,
alexandria
by
either
video
or
in
person,
because
their
staff
was
decimated
by
a
number
of
factors,
and
so
we
are
handling
some
of
alexandria's
duties
as
well
as
our
own,
and
the
things
that
we
do
for
alexandria
are
not
covered
in
our
statistics.
P
That
shows
up
in
their
statistics,
but
so
the
statistics
we
have,
we
actually
do
a
lot
more
than
what
shows
up,
because
we're
also
covering
for
that.
Currently
we're
doing
that
about
four
hours
a
day.
P
P
We
also
use
language
line
for
those
of
us
who
are
not
skilled
in
language
and
for
languages
other
than
those
that
we
know
we've.
Only
language
line
that
we
use
is
very
good.
We've
only
been
stumped
once,
and
that
was
a
person
who
spoke
a
native
american
language
from
the
mountains
in
southern
mexico
and
language
line
didn't
have
anyone
available
who
even
could
guess
what
that
language
was,
let
alone
find
someone
who
could
speak
it
for
us,
but
that
is
neither
here
nor
there
at
the
moment,
yeah.
P
We
would
I'd
also
like
to
point
out
and
since
we're
discussing
equity,
we
have
two
programs
that
we
operate
in
conjunction
with
one
in
consumption
with
the
sheriff's
office
and
one
with
matt
the
mental
health
department
and
the
sheriff's
office.
P
P
Sorry
about
that
can't
read
my
own
handwriting
here
and
that
what
we
do
is,
if
someone
it's
a
way
of
having
the
sheriffs
work
with
them,
to
make
sure
that
they
remember
to
stay
out
of
trouble
and
go
to
court,
and
then
we
also
have
the
magistrate
post
booking
project
which
combines
the
sheriff's
supervised
release
program
with
mental
health
treatment
for
people
who
have
low
level
criminal
matters
that
need
mental
health
treatment
and
services,
and
though,
that
program
wraps
with
mental
health
programs
and
gets
them
access
to
programs,
they
might
otherwise
not
have,
and
that
makes
it
unless
necessary
to
keep
such
people
incarcerated
and
keeps
both.
P
We
use
whatever
we
have
available
as
long
as
it
lasts
and
when
it
dies
then
I
come
back
and
so
just
keep
that
in
mind.
If,
if
you,
if
I
come
in
next
time,
I'm
asking
for
more
than
that,
it's
because
you
know
major
assets
that
we've
been
you
know
dealing
with
as
long
as
possible
have
finally
given
out.
P
P
P
Crime
rate
goes
up
and
down
the
mental
health
crises
go
up
and
down.
There
was
a
drop
during
the
pandemic,
but
as
soon
as
you
know,
society
started
opening
up
again.
As
the
commonwealth
attorney
said
previously,
there
was
a
whole
series
of
crimes
and
other
and
mental
health
issues
that
just
skyrocketed.
A
P
Let
better
people
than
I
explained
that
one.
C
Conversations
as
well
as
others
yeah,
so
I'm
gonna,
maybe
if
we
can
have
just
a
minute
or
two
for
questions,
sure.
F
Sure
on
as
part
of
the
ride,
along
with
the
police,
I
I
got
to
see
that
that
one
big
room
where.
F
So
several
in
your
office
have
such
long
commit
long-standing
commitment
mentioned
28
years,
and
you
mentioned
in
your
equity,
slides
about
some
of
the
issues
that
have
come
up:
more
mental
health,
etc.
Is
there
you
know,
there's
defined
parameters
that
you
operate
with
within
with
respect
to
the
law,
but
there's
also
we're
learning
a
lot
over
those
over
that
time
period
and
there's.
You
know,
I
don't
know
the
standards
for
magistrate
required
trainings
and
continuing
education,
but
is
there?
F
Are
there
pieces
equity,
related
pieces
of
resources
that
might
be
helpful
for
you
all,
trainings
or
resources
that
might
be
helpful,
keeping
in
mind
full
respect
for
every
time
I've
been
in
there.
I
think
of
the
amount
of
work
you
guys
have
done
you
each
all
of
the
members
and
men
and
women,
but
I
just
wondered
if
there
are
resources,
as
you
continue
to
update
thinking
with
respect
to
mental
health
and
equity,
that.
P
You
have
thank
you.
Yes,
I'm
involved
in
a
number
of
the
ongoing
projects,
and
before
I
came
here
today,
I
was
that
we
have
a
monthly
meeting
that
combined
mental
health
with
the
judicial
system
and
law
enforcement,
and
we
have
we
monthly
discuss
what's
going
on
and
how
things
can
be
dealt
with
the
training.
P
You
know
we
get
training
twice
a
year
from
the
state.
It
brings
up
all
sorts
of
issues,
not
just
legal
but
also
things
dealing
with
mental
health
and
other
aspects.
So
and
if
anything
new
comes
up,
I
get
a
monthly
report
from
the
state
of
issues.
They
want
me
to
bring
to
the
attention
of
my
staff
that
I
pass
on
to
that.
F
Great
great
well
that
that
sounds
like
it's
covered.
I
certainly
also
at
least
from
my
own
part,
could
be
if
there
are
a
dish
if
there
were
additional
trainings
or
that
you
were
interested
in
or
your
team
was
interested,
I
could
be
open
to
that
as
well.
Just
mindful
of
the.
P
Sound
yeah
we
have
in
the
past,
we
have
taken
courses
from
mental
health
here
they
I've
sat
through.
I
think
three
of
them
over
my
the
last
several
years
and
as
we
get
new
staff
when
they're
holding
these
programs
for
other
members
of
the
of
the
orange
county
system.
I
I
send
my
new
people
to
get
that
training
as
well.
P
I
think
I
only
have
one
person
who
has
not
gone
through
it
yet
yeah
and
that's
because
they
haven't
been
offering
if
he
got
hired
during
the
pandemic
and
they
haven't
been
offering
that
particular
class
when
it
comes
up
again
he'll
be
going.
Thank
you.
I.
G
Thank
you
thanks.
So
much.
Thank
you
for
your
service
about
the
only
time
I
ever
hear
about
the
magistrate's
office
is
this
hearing
every
every
year
which
yeah
in
my
line
of
work
indicates
that
you
are
doing
good
work,
quick
question
about
the
alexandria,
I'm
glad
you're,
helping
out
our
neighbors
in
alexandria.
G
I
noticed
on
the
budget
summary
that
you
are
predicting
higher
increases
doing
for
revenue
because
of
projections
in
falls.
Church,
so
is
how
is
alexandria?
Are
they
paying
for
the
time?
Are
they.
P
P
G
I
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Try
to
make
this
break
brief.
Thank
you,
mr
adam.
So,
as
we
discussed
with
the
the
circuit
court,
the
types
of
of
work
that
they're
doing
is
becoming
increasingly
complex
and
I'm
wondering,
if
you're,
seeing
that
same
dynamic
with
the
number
of
behavioral
health
issues
that
are
subject
to
bond
hearings
and
probable
cause
hearings
and
if
so,
here's
the
key
question
given
all
you're
doing
for
alexandria,
given
that
your
staff
has
remained
stable,
I
think
at
that
eight
and
a
half
for
a
little
while
it's.
P
Permanently
going
to
be
that,
basically
the
there's
no
state
is
cheap.
I
don't.
K
I
P
But
they
don't
they're
not
going
to
provide
us
with
any
new
staff.
I
So
is
it
logical
for
me
to
think
then
that,
as
if
it's
true
that
cases
are
becoming
more
perhaps
complex
and
involved
because
of
the
nature
of
them,
and
you
have
fewer
if
you
have
the
same
number
of
resources
in
the
same
amount
of
time
during
the
day,
the
question
is:
are
you
able
to
spend
sufficient
enough
time
resolving
these
complex.
P
Issues
whatever
time
it
takes
for
every
hearing,
and
then
you
know
sometimes
it
means
the
next
one
has
to
wait
till
we
finish
the
first
one.
We
you
know,
give
everyone
the
proper
amount
of
time
for
the
problem
they
have
in
front
of
us.
P
P
Sort
of
a
smug
perhaps
or
or
but
you
know
no,
we
just
you,
know
things
that
we,
you
know
we
just
don't
take
a
break.
We
do
have
a
certain
amount
of
overlap.
Most
of
the
time
you
know
we
have
people
coming
in
about
two
hours
before
the
other
person
leaves
so
that
if
there
is,
you
know
a
problem
that,
or
things
have
gotten
backed
up
the
next
person
can
jump
ring
right
away
and
take
on
over
take
on
those
things.
P
P
Since
I
became
chief
in
2013,
you
know
we,
so
if
there
is
a
something
that
they
need
or
a
question
they
have.
They
talked
to
me
on
the
phone
and
I
said
in
emergencies.
I
come
in
no
matter
what.
C
P
P
A
C
Have
a
good
day,
thank
you
so
much
all
right.
We
are
also
glad
to
rep
to
welcome
the
juvenile
domestic
relations
court
and
I
believe
we
have
mr
conklin
as
well
as
representation
from
our
judge.
Herself
judge
rob
great
to
see
you
thank
you
for
joining
us
and,
if
you
both
want
to
present
together,
we
can
bring
an
additional
excellent.
Q
C
Q
Let
you
take
the
lead,
do
an
introduction
really
and
let
mr
conklin
take
that
more
detailed
work,
but
I'm
so
grateful
to
be
here
today
in
person,
even
and
and
continue
to
want
to
express
our
deep
appreciation
and
gratitude
to
the
county
board
for
your
support
for
all
of
our
programs,
especially
our
group
homes,
and
you
know
when
I
go
through
the
state
and
so
forth
to
judicial
conferences
and
other
meetings.
Q
Q
Continued
appreciation
too,
for
the
technology
services
for
continuing
to
maintain
the
equipment
that
we
were
able
to
get
during
the
early
part
of
the
pandemic,
and
I'm
looking
very
much
forward
to
the
renovation
of
the
courthouse,
because
the
juvenile
court
space
is
not
safe,
really
for
litigants
or
anybody
else,
there's
only
one
waiting
area
and
that
makes
it
complicated
with
such
high
conflict
cases.
Q
We
are
excited
tremendously
excited
about
the
reduction
of
of
juveniles
that
are
in
our
detention
facility
and
as
of
today,
there
is
only
one
child
there
who
is
on
a
suspended
commitment
and
she
is
in
the
post-dispositional
program
doing
very
well
and
expected
to
be
discharged
very
shortly.
So
that's
exciting.
We've
also
made
significant
changes
in
how
we
handle
probation
violations
on
technical
violations,
which
results
in
less
involvement
with
youth
in
the
court.
Q
So
today
we
have
with
me
mr
conklin
who's,
director
of
the
court
services
unit,
deputy
director,
rick
strobak
from
court
services
and
ronica
larvae,
who
is
our
clerk
of
court?
So
I
will,
step
aside,
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
might
have
of
me,
but
I'll.
Let
mr
conklin
present
fantastic.
C
R
So,
let's
go
to
the
first
slide.
If
we
could,
I
will
go
to
my
glasses,
I'm
just
going
to
hit
the
highlights
of
this
page.
The
keywords
on
on.
R
R
You
do,
okay,
all
right
diversion
equitable
diversion,
evidence-based
evidence-informed
services
to
youth
and
adults,
promoting
safety
with
families
and
the
community.
Those
are
the
key
goals
that
we
have
in
our
our
juvenile
court
service
unit.
Next
slide,
please
judge
rob
mentioned
some
of
the
items
related
to
judges
chambers,
but
this
is
the
first
function
of
our
of
our
funding
request.
We
have
two
two
jdr
judges.
There
is
one
vacancy
which
we're
looking
forward
to
being
filled.
R
R
The
gratitude
for
the
supplement
for
the
clerk's
office
makes
a
big
difference
in
retention
and
recruitment
of
staff
and
some
very
difficult
to
recruit
positions
next
slide.
Please,
the
next
function
of
our
court
is
really
the
court
service
unit.
There
are
several
aspects
of
our
court
service
unit,
the
new
one
on
this
list.
It's
not
a
new
function,
but
it's
new
to
this
list
is
our
early
diversion
services
and
what
I
will
tell
you
about
that.
This
is
really
something
that
we're
proud
of
in
juvenile
court.
R
So
our
early
diversion
program
is
designed
to
avoid
putting
that
use
name
in
the
state
system.
So
we're
pretty
excited
about
that
and
have
really
taken
that
in
some
new
directions.
I
have
a
slide
farther
on
where
we'll
talk
more
about
that
and
then
the
other
three
are
traditional
court
functions
of
intake,
probation
and
parole,
juvenile
probation
parole
and
adult
domestic
domestic
violence
unit
and
their
work
for
probation
next
slide.
Please
and
then
the
final
function
that
we
perform
is
our
community-based
programs.
R
We
have
two
group
homes,
our
after-school
programs
and
our
safe
havens
program,
and
that
is
really
the
work
of
of
jdr
court
next
slide.
Please
coming
up
in
the
next
year,
we're
really
emphasizing
a
few
things.
We
did
get
the
continuation
grant
for
the
safe
havens
program
that
you
will
see
that
in
some
of
our,
the
financial
slides
is
going
to
have
a
benefit
for
new
positions.
R
R
So
we're
excited
about
expanding
that
focusing
on
parent
and
family
engagement,
and
then
we
are
pursuing
a
new
level
of
certification
for
our
group
homes,
qrtp
qualified
residential
treatment
programs,
which
will
open
up
additional
funding
for
those
group
homes,
as
well
as
improve
some
of
the
services
they
provide
next
slide.
Please!
R
R
This
has
led
it's
an
interagency
team
made
up
of
both
judges,
myself,
aps
representative
behavioral
health,
child
welfare,
a
police
representative,
a
public
defender
and
a
commonwealth
attorney's
representative.
So
it's
a
very
broad
team
focused
on
improving
the
the
equity
and
response
to
diversity
in
our
court.
R
R
We've
also
been
able
to
expand
our
detention
diversion
program
which
has
contributed
to
this
this
process.
We
may
have
only
one
youth
in
detention
or
several
youth
of
detention,
as
the
case
may
be,
but
we
have
a
over
capacity
in
our
detent
defense
detention
diversion
program.
This
is
a
program
that
supervises
youth
in
their
homes,
rather
than
placing
them
in
a
secure
detention.
R
So
we're
proud
of
that
effort
and
we've
expanded
that
virtually
to
out
of
jurisdiction,
youth
that
has
always
been
a.
I
think,
a
bias
point
in
our
system
that
youth
from
the
district
or
maryland
or
other
places
in
virginia
were
not
eligible
for
our
detention
diversion
program,
because
our
probation
staff
didn't
cross
state
lines
to
go
in
the
district
to
have
contact
with
them.
We've
implemented
that
through
electronic
monitoring
and
virtual
contact
with
those
youth,
so
we've
been
able
to
further
reduce
the
placement
and
holding
those
youth
in
detention.
R
R
We
are
a
party
to
the
mou
for
the
restoration
of
arlington
the
new
program.
We're
excited
about
identifying
some
kids
that
we
can
refer
to
that
program
from
intake
and
then
our
early
diversion
service,
which
I
described,
we
have
police
parents.
Schools
are
reaching
out
to
our
to
court
and
we're
really
providing
case
management
and
parent
support
to
some
very
complicated
cases
and
having
some
good
results
with
that
next
slide,
please.
R
R
One
of
the
key
measures
we
believe
of
equity
is
who
has
access
to
diversion
and
who
does
not-
and
I
think
what
this
slide
clearly
represents
is
that
our
diversion
practices
are
targeting
and
provid
providing
access
to
youth
of
color,
and
when
you
see
a
youth
counted
here,
it
means
they're
not
counted
in
formal
court
involvement.
So
that's
we
think
a
huge
success.
R
You
can
see
that
they're
largely
we
are
largely
serving
youth
of
color.
The
first
pie
chart
highlights
that
you
know
we
wouldn't
want
to
see
this
for
court
involved
for
court
involvement.
R
This
would
mean
we
were
largely
serving
court
involved
kids,
but
what
this
shows
is
that
the
kids
that
are
that
we
are
diverting
from
the
court
system
are
the
youth
that
we
want
to
divert
to
in
order
to
reduce
the
disparities
within
the
court
system,
and
then
the
bottom
chart
is
our
detention
diversion
program
which
is
really
designed
to
reduce
placement
of
youth
in
detention,
and
that
also
is
serving
largely
youth
of
color
and
avoiding
their
their
being
held
in
detention.
So
we're
happy
with
those
statistics.
We
want
to
continue
these
efforts.
R
It
really
is
an
interagency
effort
through
our
racial
ethic
disparities.
Team
next
slide,
please
I
won't
say
much
about
this.
It
just
reflects
our
safe
havens
program
and
the
grant
we
got
for
that.
So
next
slide.
Please
again,
you
know
our
safe
havens
grant
and
the
change
it
had
on
our
budget.
No
budget
impact
reflected
there
in
the
ftes.
Those
positions
are
largely
grant
funded,
and
so
they,
but
we're
happy
to
have
that
grant
so
next
slide,
please.
R
I
did
want
to
mention
just
a
bit
about
our
detention
center.
There
was
a
study
done
several
years
ago.
The
commission
detention
commission
is
focused
on
making
improvements
in
our
detention
center.
As
you
can
see,
the
the
data
on
average,
the
daily
population
from
arlington
in
that
detention
center
was
4.4
youths.
It's
a
70-bed
capacity
facility.
It
operates.
You
know
total
in
the
last
year
in
2001,
at
about
17
kids.
R
So,
overall,
those
are
very
low
numbers
compared
to
historical
use
of
detention
and
we're
happy
to
see
that.
But
we
are
working
with
the
mosley
architectural
firm
on
renovations
to
the
center
to
normalize
it
and
make
it
as
appropriate
from
a
developmental
standpoint
and
a
mental
health
standpoint
and
a
trauma-informed
standpoint
as
we
can.
We
expect
that
we'll
move
forward
with
that
under
city
of
alexandria
has
assigned
a
project
manager
from
their
organization
who
will
be
helping
make
sure
we
move
that
that
forward
in
appropriate
ways.
R
We
do
plan
on
a
significant
level
of
community
engagement
around
the
needs
of
some
of
that.
As
related
to
the
study,
the
centers
reduce
their
staffing
to
reflect
the
actual
utilization
and
one
one
dilemma
or
one
development
is
that
the
general
assembly
has
launched
a
study
into
across
the
state
into
the
capacity
for
detention
centers.
So
that
may
affect
the
way
they
fund
them
from
a
regional
standpoint,
so
we'll
what
we
may
be
held
up
in
our
efforts
related
to
that
so
and
then
the
last
the
last
slide.
R
I'll
just
say,
juvenile
crime
is
continuing
to
decline
in
the
county.
We're
happy
about
that.
That's
something
to
celebrate.
We
believe
it
has
many
factors,
but
we're
happy
with
that
and
something
to
be
encouraged
by.
We
want
to
increase
early
diversion,
safe
havens,
grant
runs
through
2025
and
we
may
need
funding
down
the
road
for
renovations
of
the
detention
center
without.
C
Having
to
take
any
questions,
terrific,
mr
varsity,
do
I
see
you
assembling
your
microphone
or
query.
A
I
Next
yeah
I'll
just
say
briefly,
thank
you,
mr
conklin,
and
all
of
you.
The
work
that
you're
doing
is
just
tremendous,
but
we're
going
to
try
and
be
respectful
of
your
time
and
and
just
ask
a
question
as
we
look
at
the
detention
center.
You
know
there
was
sort
of
time
when
arlington
youth
made
up.
You
know
roughly
half
of
the
the
daily
population
there
and
now
the
the
balance
has
shifted
significantly.
I
Is
it
the
proper
take
away
from
somebody
in
a
seat
like
ours
that
this
is
really
a
direct
translation
to
the
innovative
diversion
efforts
that
we're
we're
performing
as
as
opposed
to
just
simply
a
straight
line?
Reflection
in
the
reduction
of
crime?
It
seems
to
me
that
there's
something
that
we
can
really
pinpoint
that
we're
doing
there.
R
I
think
there's
a
lot
being
done
across
our
system:
the
school
system,
how
they
handle
offenses
in
school
police
department,
the
commonwealth's
attorney
our
court
there's
been
a
concerted
effort
to
not
put
youth
in
detention,
the
judicial
philosophy
around
things
like
status
offenders,
not
you
know,
are
we
calling
chin's
cases?
Children
need
a
supervision
not
using
that
for
detention.
R
There
have
been
some
change
in
practices
that
have
had
an
effect
on
that
there
has
been
an
overall
reduction
of
juvenile
crime,
so
I
don't
want
to
overstate.
You
know
that
and
take
credit
for
something
that
is
a
statewide
and
national
trend,
certainly
regional,
but
I
do
believe
our
system
as
a
whole
from
from
you
know,
dhs
and
behavioral
health
to
across
the
system
has
been
working
in
this
direction
and
I
believe
it's
having
results.
That's.
I
Terrific,
and
just
thanks
for
sharing
the
work
that
you're
doing
on
some
changes
to
the
early
diversion
work.
I
was
not
aware
that
even
just
simply
a
notation
could
stick
with
someone
like
that
and
just
you're
your
sensitivity
to
the
systemic
nature
of
all
of
this.
I
just
think
really
serves
us
well
and
just
really
appreciate
it.
H
Thank
you
just
very
short
about
on
on
the
same
line
of
of
of
thinking.
First
of
all,
thank
you
very
much.
I
I
really
appreciate,
and
I
I
couldn't
overemphasize
the
systemic
approach
on
the
version
and
obviously
it's
working,
so
one
of
my
questions
is
so.
Can
you
imagine
that
you
know
these
4.4
youth
that
we
we
send
to
the
juvenile
detention
center
could
be
eventually
absorbed
by
the
programs
in
aurora
and
argos
or
by
similar
in
similar
and
similar
settings
that
are
definitely,
you
know
different
than
the
detention
center.
R
We
attempt
to
do
that
wherever
we
can,
I
mean,
I
think
we
want
our
programs
to
be
alternatives
to
detention,
but
there
still
will
be
moments
where
youth
are
placed
in
detention
at
some
point
in
the
process,
some
kids,
we
divert
those.
We
monitor
them
in
other
ways,
but
you
know
we've
gotten
that
number
down.
I
think
that
was
2021.
R
If
we
look
at
2022
you're
going
to
see
it
even
lower
is
really
from
4.4
average.
Like
judge
rob
said,
we
have
one
youth
in
detention
today,
so
I
think
getting
it
to
zero.
R
I
don't
know
if
any
jurisdiction
has
been
able
to
do
that,
but
we
do
use
our
group
homes
and
other
other
resources
as
a
way
to
address
those
concerns.
But
there
are,
I
think,
I
think
getting
to
zero
is
going
to
be
tough.
It's
not
a
you
know,
I
won't
say
impossible.
There's
always
hope.
A
C
Yeah
I
mean
we,
I
think,
about
how
we
use
in
with
our
homelessness
prevention
and
tenure
planned
and
homelessness.
We
use
the
concept
of
functional
zero
right,
which
maybe
sort
of
makes
sense
here
that
you're
always
going
to
have
people
transitioning
in
and
out
of
that
state,
but
but
to
have
that
goal
of
zero
as
a
community
is
really
meaningful.
So
I
I
don't
know
what
the
circumstances
are
of
the
individual
who's
currently
there
and
wouldn't
want
to
imply
that
they're
transient,
if
they're
not.
C
C
Up
you
know
I,
I
really
appreciated
the
point
about
the
the
racial
disparities
you're
looking
at
in
terms
of
who
is
in
diversion
programs,
and
actually
that
is
where
you
want
to
see.
You
know
good
representation,
because
it
means
it's
not
showing
up
elsewhere,
and
I
thought
okay
well
are
we?
Are
we
tracking
what
the
you
know?
Racial
composition
is
about.
You
know
the
other
end
and
people
who
are
actually
finding
their
way
into
detention
and
what
a
happy
reason
to
not
have
that
data,
because
our
n
is
so
small.
C
There
are
so
few
kids
in
detention
that
we
actually
can't
draw
any
conclusions
about
demographic
patterns
there
with
one
young
person
at
a
time.
So
what
a
credit
to
your
work,
I
really
appreciate
you
all
so
much
and
thank
you,
judge
rob
for
making
the
time
ms
lardy
it's
very
nice
to
meet
you
we'll
look
forward
to
having
more
more
interactions
with
you
as
well.
C
Soon,
our
thanks,
thank
you,
and
I
thank
you
too,
to
your
your
new
judge
and
I
hope
all
is
going
well
with
the
transition
with
your
new
colleague.
A
A
C
All
right
who's
counting
all
right!
Thank
you!
So
much
okay.
So
we
thank
you
very
much
to
our
gdc
and
our
office
of
public
defender
who
have
been
very
patiently
with
us.
We
are
delighted
to
recognize
chief
judge,
jason
rucker
of
the
gdc
to
present,
along
with
what
maybe
mr
henshaw,
the
clerk
to
the
gdc,
we're
glad
to
have
you
both
welcome
well.
L
Good
afternoon,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board
county
manager,
members
of
the
public,
who
may
be
watching,
thank
you
for
allowing
the
general
district
court
to
present
with
you
today
with
me,
is
also
our
general
district
court
clerk's
office.
We
decided
it
would
be
more
efficient
to
consolidate
our
presentations.
I
think
I'll
go
first
and
ask
mr
henshaw
to
step
in
near
the
end
when
he'd
when
he'd
like
to
so
my
name
is
jason
rucker.
I
am
one
of
three
judges
with
the
arlington
county
general
district
court.
L
L
So
our
department
overview,
the
general
district
court
is
a
trial
court
level.
We
hear
criminal
matters,
traffic
infractions,
civil
matters,
the
slide
that
you
have
in
front
of
you
sets
out
our
jurisdictional,
or
at
least
a
brief
summary
of
our
jurisdictional
limitations.
L
Our
next
slide,
so
with
focus
on
equity.
With
this
slide,
we
wanted
to
highlight
some
aspects
of
our
court
and,
to
start
with
is
the
behavioral
health
care
docket,
and
I
know
there
have
been
a
number
of
other
departments
here
today
that
have
presented
to
you
on
this
subject.
L
The
behavioral
health
care
docket
was
initiated
by
judge,
o'brien
and
judge
o'brien.
My
colleague
began
presiding
over
the
behavioral
health
care,
docket
or
bhd
in
september
of
2020..
L
These
participants
in
the
bhd
can
enter
the
docket
pre-plea,
which
means
before
there's
been
any
finding
of
guilt
with
an
aim
to
have
those
charges
dismissed
after
they
complete
the
docket
or
postplea
after
a
finding
of
guilt,
but
before
any
sentence
is
imposed.
So
again,
since
no
sentence
is
imposed
after
completing
the
docket,
those
defendants
can
have
those
charges
either
dismissed
reduced,
but
nevertheless
these
are
participants
who
are
diverted
out
of
the
criminal
docket.
What's
an
aim
to
get
treatment
and
to
avoid
criminal
convictions
and
also
be
an
alternative
to
incarceration.
L
You
have
heard
I
was
present
for
some
of
the
presentations
that
our
docket
right
now
has
12
participants
in
the
program
and
what
I
haven't
heard
were
really
a
listing
of
the
stakeholders
that
are
involved.
L
The
commonwealth
attorney's
office,
a
designated
attorney
that
also
from
their
office,
comes
to
participate
in
the
doc,
at
least
once
a
week
where
we
meet
for
the
docket.
That
doesn't
mean
that
they're
still,
everybody
is
still
getting
together
and
talking
about
cases
and
participants
in
the
docket
prior
to
the
court.
Also
commonwealth
attorney's
office.
I
would
imagine
their
victim
witness
specialist
also
may
be
involved
to
also
participate
in
the
program
supervised
probation
department.
L
Our
community
corrections
unit
involved
with
the
program,
our
sheriff's
department,
the
sheriff's,
supervised
release
program,
the
pre-trial
release
program
involved
with
the
behavioral
health
care,
docket,
orlando
county
police
department
involved
with
the
bhd
docket.
All
these
departments,
like
I
said
it's
just
an
amazing
effort
by
all
these
departments,
to
work
together
to
provide
treatment
for
these
eligible
defendants
with
a
mental
health
diagnosis,
additional
outreach.
L
We
have
reached
out
to
legal
services
of
northern
virginia
outside
of
our
civil
courtroom.
We
have
designated
a
room
designated
solely
for
legal
services
of
northern
virginia
to
use
at
their
convenience
so
that
they
can
meet
with
tenants
who
are
involved
with
unlawful
detainer
or
eviction
proceedings
meet
with
those
tenants
before
their
court
so
that
they
can
explain
any
questions
explain
the
process
also
make
sure
those
tenants
are
aware
of
the
resources
that
are
available
to
them.
The
virginia
rental
assistance
program,
virginia
211,
other
resources
that
are
available
to
assist
tenants.
L
Our
court
has
also
listened
to
and
reached
out
to
and
spoken
with,
the
tenant
landlord
commission.
After
hearing
from
them,
we
have
revamped
and
changed
our
civil
filing
cover
sheet.
Whenever
a
landlord
wants
to
initiate
an
unlawful
detainer
action,
they
need
to
certify
that
they
are
aware
of
the
notice
requirements
that
they're
required
to
give
the
tenants
before
they
can
even
initiate
an
unlawful
detainer
action.
Those
notice
requirements
are
that
you
know
they
need
to
inform
the
tenant
of
the
tenant's
rights
and
responsibilities,
which
is
a
virginia
legal
requirement
by
statute.
L
L
So
we
have
in
front
of
you
on
the
slide
our
2023
budget
summary.
I
hope
that
those
figures
speak
for
themselves.
We
haven't
had
much
of
a
change,
as
you
can
see
in
our
budget
any
questions
we
can
always
come
back
to
that
next
slide.
Please.
L
Some
key
budget
considerations-
let
me
start
with
by
mentioning
that
we
have
four
court
rooms
on
our
court
floor
where
we
operate
our
courts.
Two
of
those
four
court
rooms
have
been
upgraded
with
integrated
technology
improvements.
L
The
other
two
courtrooms
are
scheduled
to
have
the
same
technology
improvements
incorporated
into
each
of
those
courtrooms
that
technology
is
used
whenever
we
have
electronic
evidence,
that's
being
introduced
most
commonly
because
we
are
with
arlington
county
police,
body-worn
camera
evidence.
Whenever
that
evidence
is
being
introduced,
we
use
that
technology
equipment.
It's
been
completely
necessary.
So
thank
you
all
very
much
for
getting
that
for
us.
In
addition,
that
equipment
has
kind
of
dovetailed
into
the
need
for
virtual
hearings.
L
Obviously,
with
the
covet
pandemic,
we
had
to
transition
over
to
using
a
lot
of
virtual
hearings
that
equipment
helped
us
made
it
very
efficient
for
us
to
do
that,
made
it
possible
for
us
to
do
so
again.
Thank
you
all
very
much
for
providing
that
equipment
for
us.
We
continue
to
use
virtual
hearings
on
this
subject.
L
Let
me
also
mention
and
give
consideration
to
some
other
departments
that
we
partner,
with,
in
particular
our
sheriff's
department
and
the
sheriff's
supervised
release
program,
the
pre-trial
release
program,
that's
a
program
where
criminal
defendants
who
are
pending
trial
and
who
are
released
on
bond
released
in
the
community.
While
their
case
is
pending
trial.
L
A
L
Have
jurisdiction
to
resolve
misdemeanors
many
of
the
felony
cases
now
are
being
reduced
to
misdemeanors
being
reduced
to
misdemeanors.
Someone
is
found
guilty,
they
may
be
placed
on
supervised,
probation
and
supervised.
Probation
is
an
alternative
to
incarceration
and
we
are
seeing
many
more
cases
resolved
in
our
court
supervised
probation.
L
Also,
we
are
seeing
more
individuals
being
placed
on
bond
being
placed
in
the
sheriff's
supervised
release
program.
If
you
hear
from
these
agencies
and
the
need
for
additional
funding
additional
staff,
we
can
acknowledge
that
there
is
that
additional
need.
They
are
getting
more
clients
more
participants
in
each
of
these
two
programs,
the
sheriff's
supervised
release
program
in
the
supervised
probation
department.
L
L
Lastly,
let
me
just
say
that
courthouse
renovations-
we
are
currently
our
chambers
not
as
for
aesthetic
reasons,
but
the
jdr
court
is
their
chambers
are
going
to
be
consolidated
with
our
chambers,
we've
already
worked
with
facilities
met
with
them,
designs
are
being
implemented.
There
may
be
a
need
to
reach
out
for
some.
You
know
different
shelving
and
things
like
that.
So
I
just
just
a
small
topic:
just
won't
let
you
know
that
that
may
be
a
future
need
as
well.
L
That
really
concludes
my
presentation
that
I
had
what
I'd
like
to
do
now,
if
you'll
permit
me,
madam
chair,
is
turn
over
to
mr
henshaw
to
see
if,
if
he
has
anything
he'd
like
to
say.
C
S
Good
afternoon,
members
of
the
board,
mr
manager,
members
of
the
staff,
it's
good
to
be
back
in
public.
I
will
make
my
presentation
very
brief.
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
kind
of
an
update
of
what
we've
been
doing
from
the
standpoint
of
some
some
technology
improvements
that
you've
made
first
and
foremost,
I'd
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
say
on
behalf
of
the
general
district
court,
that
we're
very
appreciative
of
the
county
support
for
the
employee
supplement.
S
This
is
something
I
always
come
to
you
annually
and
thank
you
all
for
because
it
does
make
a
big
difference
within
our
office.
What
this
does
is
it
provides
staff
members
with
a
little
bit
more
of
a
comparable
salary
for
living
within
the
area,
but
it
also
makes
us
a
little
bit
more
competitive
when
we
are
going
through
turnover.
S
Unfortunately,
general
district
courts
around
the
state
actually
do
go
through
a
good
bit
of
high
turnover,
we're
very
fortunate
in
the
fact
that
we
actually
are
able
to
fulfill
positions
where
I
know
other
general
district
court
on
clerk's
offices
throughout
the
state
aren't
as
lucky.
So
we're
very
fortunate
for
that.
I
think
a
good
contributing
factor
is
because
of
that
supplement,
so
we
are
very
appreciative
of
of
that.
With
regard
to
outreach,
I
just
wanted
to
touch
base
a
little
bit
on
behalf
of
the
general
district
clerk's
office.
S
First,
I'd
like
to
publicly
thank
the
depa
department
or
dts
department
for
their
continued
support
and
assistance
of
for
upgrading
our
presence
on
the
county's
webpage.
It
has
been
crucial.
We've
been
trying
to
get
a
little
bit
more
of
a
presence
on
your
all's
webpage
and
we've.
S
I
think
we've
been
successful
at
that
during
the
course
of
the
pandemic,
we
were
able
to
create
online
virtual
hearing
applications
which
made
the
process
a
lot
more
goodbye,
a
lot
more
expeditiously,
currently
we're
in
the
process
of
working
with
dts
on
creating
e-file
in
portal
for
the
general
district
court
clerk's
office,
and
this
will
be
too
for
public
use
and
for
members
of
the
law
community,
so
we've
been
working
very
efficiently
with
them
and
we're
actually
looking
forward
to
launching,
probably
within
the
next
month
or
so
with.
S
That
being
said,
we're
going
to
hopefully
continue
our
excellent
working
relationship
and
for
the
first
time
actually,
within
this
past
year,
we
actually
have
control
being
able
to
make
updates
to
our
own
website,
which
is
historically,
the
general
district
court
clerk's
office
could
not
do
so,
so
we
can
even
announce
a
foreclosed
because
of
inclement
weather
now.
So
it's
great
with
that
being
said,
the
only
other
thing
I
really
wanted
to
touch
base
on
was
the
continued
investment
in
the
courthouse
renovations.
S
Depending
on
how
successful
it
is,
we
may
have
to
look
return
to
it,
a
same
kind
of
system
very
similar
to
our
colleagues
up
in
the
circuit
court
that
has
implemented
it
if
the
volume,
because
we
just
only
have
so
much
staff
that
we
can
contribute
to
handling
it
if
it
becomes
a
need,
we
may
need
to
approach
about
getting
supplemental
software
to
actually
handle
that
that
public
use
it's
not
within
our
budget.
So
I
don't
want
to
stress
the
county
manager
out-
it's
not
within
our
budget,
but
we
will.
S
I
did
want
to
let
you
know
that
we
are.
We
may
have
to
look
at
making
replacements
to
our
system
furniture
in
the
coming
years,
just
because
it's
starting
to
get
a
little
bit
outdated
and
we
can't
repair
it
as
quickly,
but
we
will
continue
to
work
through
the
proper
departments
to
help
make
that
that
a
possibility.
So
I
just
wanted
more
just
give
you
kind
of
a
forecasting
of
the
future,
because
that's
what
we
do
when
we
really
look
at
budgets.
S
So
with
that
being
said,
I
will
basically
in
my
presentation.
They
will
be
happy
to
take
any
questions.
The
only
other
thing
I
did
want
to
say
is.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
department
of
fdc
and
fmb.
They
have
been
extremely
great
to
work
with
very
responsive
to
us.
You
know
the
general
district
court
clerk's
office
and
even
also
our
colleagues
in
juvenile
and
magistrates,
we're
state
agencies
housed
within
euros
county
facilities.
S
C
A
perfect
way
to
actually
describe
everybody.
We've
talked
to
today,
which
is
state
agencies
housed
within
county
government,
always
sort
of
struggled
to
articulate
the
exact
nature
of
the
relationship,
and
that
was
terrific.
Thank
you
both
so
much.
Let
me
go
to
mr
defending
ms
garvey
for
questions
this
time.
F
I'll
follow
up
on
the
mental
health
pocket.
I
just
kind
of
wanted
to
share
just
a
thank
you
to
you,
judge,
rucker
and,
and
your
colleagues
for
the
eviction
what
you've
done
to
be
collaborative
and
and
to
help
with
the
eviction
doc,
the
sort
of
the
eviction
focus
and
that
sheet
pre
that
sort
of
the
consolidation
to
thursdays,
if
I'm
correct
and
then
also
the
the
sheet
describing
things
and
then
also
pass
along
thanks
to
judge
o'brien
my
first
year,
I
was,
I
had
lots
of
ideas
and
she
has
made
them.
F
You
have
made
them
happen
in
the
mental
health
docket,
and
so
I
just
want
if
she
doesn't
happen
to
watch
every
second
of
the
this
county
board.
Proceeding
please
thank
her
for
us,
or
at
least
for
me,.
L
I'm
happy
to
I'll
take
that
phrase,
but
I
will
I
need
to
pass
it
on
to
judge
o'brien
she's,
the
one
that
put
in
all
the
work
for
that
program,
as
well
as
the
other
stakeholders,
many
of
whom
you'll
you've
heard
from
today
and
also
may
hear
after
me
that
are
involved
in
that
program,
so
they
deserve
it
not
me,
but
I'll,
be
sure
to
pass
that
on.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
C
Thank
you,
okay,
all
right,
excellent!
Well,
in
the
name
of
keeping
time
well,
we'll
wrap
up
there
and
I'll
just
add,
as
we
do.
My
thanks,
along
with
mr
different,
is
especially
on
the
work
about
the
the
unlawful
detainer
reforms.
The
steps
you've
been
making
as
a
partner
to
attend
lindelof,
commission,
and
especially
the
role
that
you
played
in
those
really
confusing
early
days
of
the
pandemic
when
they
were
state
and
federal,
moratoria
and.
C
Right,
daily
and
and
just
your
willingness
to
work
with
us
important
that
was
to
our
community.
That
is
something
you
can
take
credit
for
personally,
because.
C
Partner
and-
and
it's
been
a
point
of
absolute
priority
for
all
of
us
throughout
the
pandemic,
to
make
sure
that
arlingtonians
could
stay
in
their
homes
throughout
the
pandemic,
and
we
could
not
have
done
that
without
the
partnership
of
the
gdc
and
you
in
particular
judge
rucker.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
C
Thank
you
and,
last
but
never
least,
the
office
of
the
public
defender.
I
see
mr
brad
haywood
and
colleague
with
us
today
and
allison
right
and
miss
carpenter.
Thank
you
so
much
for
joining
us
and
because
you
have
the
pleasure
of
going
last,
I'm
going
to
relax
on
the
time
and
you
know
hopefully.
C
T
I
don't
have
a
whole
lot
to
say
you
know:
can
we
get
the
next
slide?
The
so
like?
I
think
you
know.
The
reason
you
give
us
salary
supplements
is
because
of
the
mission
that
we
have
and
it's
it
was
the
same.
Last
year
it's
been
the
same
for
a
long
time.
T
It's
the
same
throughout
the
virginia
indigen
defense,
commission,
and
really,
we
only
believe
justice
is
possible
when
we
fight
zealously
and
compassionately
with
our
clients
at
the
center
of
our
work
and
the
only
way
that
we're
able
to
do
this
consistently,
especially
in
a
place
like
arlington,
is
if
we
can
attract
and
retain
talented,
talented,
diverse
staff,
and
so
that's
you
know.
First
of
all,
I
would
just
like
to
say
thank
you,
because
this
is
incredible.
T
That
arlington's
been
leading
the
way
on
this
issue.
I
actually
when
I
have
conversations
with
people
from
other
jurisdictions,
I
like
to
tell
them
that
arlington
has
the
highest
paid
public
defenders
in
virginia,
which
is
sort
of
a
funny
thing
to
say,
because
of
course,
we're
still
underpaid,
but
it
is
it
is.
It
is
really
great
to
know
that
we
are
supported
by
the
board
and
the
county
manager.
T
T
So
one
thing
that
we,
I
feel
that
we're
in
a
really
great
place
with
right
now
is
our
attorney
staff.
T
We
have
12
lawyers,
well
we're
hiring
for
one
right
now
so
they're
11,
currently
in
our
office,
and
it's
just
a
great
group
and
the
last
few
that
we've
hired
a
couple:
nyu
law,
grads
and
a
stellar,
a
public
defender
with
some
experience
from
fredericksburg
who
just
joined
us,
and
not
only
are
they
awesome
in
court,
but
we're
just
unified
as
an
office
and
a
team,
and
I
think
you
really
need
that
kind
of
environment
to
succeed
in
our
field.
T
Just
given
the
stresses
that
we're
under
so,
I
feel
like
we're
in
a
fantastic
place
with
our
our
trial
advocacy
and
I
think,
as
the
as
the
the
account
the
county
board
knows,
you
know.
We
obviously
think
that
there's
a
role
for
us.
I
think
it's
a
really
important
role
with
a
lot
of
the
community
engagement,
a
lot
of
the
institutional
advocacy.
I
think
we
provide
a
really
valuable
perspective
that
people
need
to
hear.
T
I
think
a
lot
of
the
other
stakeholders
that
are
involved
in
some
of
the
institutional
advocacy
or
just
the
reform
efforts.
T
Maybe
don't
have
the
the
perspective
that
we
do
working
directly
with
with
our
clients
and
then
also,
I
think
that
sometimes
you
know
politics
gets
in
the
way
with
with
some
some
other
stakeholders
and
not
being
able
to
be
as
candid
or
share
as
much
about
some
of
the
issues
we're
facing
as
a
county
and,
of
course
you
know,
I
think
the
other
and
I'll
touch
on
this
in
a
minute,
but
we
continue
to
be
really
involved
in
the
county
funded
diversion
efforts.
T
Can
I
get
the
next
slide,
so
I
think
you'll.
If
you
see
in
the
budget
narratives
our
case
loads
dropped
a
little
bit
in
terms
of
raw
numbers,
but
our
work
is
not,
as
you
all
know,
I
think,
because
it's
been
in
the
news
a
bit,
but
we
have
a
disproportionate
number
of
clients
with
serious
mental
illness,
and-
and
that's
because
I
mean
even
compared
to
most
public
defenders-
we
have
it
exponentially
more,
I'm
not
exaggerating.
T
We
have
the
most
either.
The
most
arlington
sends
more
people
than
any
other
jurisdiction.
The
western
state
hospital
for
competency,
restoration.
I
think
you've
probably
seen
that
figure
and
you
can
just
imagine
kind
of
how
that
sort
of
flows
over
into
the
work
we've
got
to
do.
Every
case
involving
someone
with
serious
mental
illness
is
just
way
more
effort,
especially
with
certain
certain
courts.
I
think
all
the
judges
expect
it
to
be
our
work
to
be
really
thorough,
because
the
issues
are
complex.
T
We've
got
to
break
those
issues
down
and
help
them
understand
why
certain
facts
are
mitigating
and
then
we
also
have
to
become
experts
in
like
what
the
treatment,
what
treatment
treatment
options
are,
release
plans
and
things
of
that
nature.
So
we
feel
like
we're
doing
that
all
the
time
the
county
funded
paralegal
that
you
provided
to
us
last
year,
once
we
hired
her,
we
dedicated
her
immediately
to
doing
mitigation.
So
all
this
sort
of
thing
working
with
people
with
serious
mental
illness
learning
about
their
background,
helping
come
up
with
release
plans.
T
You
know
making
contacts
with
loved
ones,
community
members
to
improve
the
case
in
that
regard,
so
yeah,
it's
still
been
a
ton
of
work.
It
feels
like
a
ton
of
work
with
respect
to
pre-trial.
I
think
the
the
county
jail
is
still
near
an
all-time
low,
and
this
is
in
large
part,
because
I
think
that
the
pre-trial
advocacy
is
continuing
to
go
really
well
arlington
re-instituted
the
bond
diversion
plan
our
program
not
long
ago.
T
We
work
seamlessly
with
the
coordinator
of
that
program
and
I
think
just
we
have
it
down
to
a
it's
very
like
a
well-oiled
machine.
As
soon
as
we
get
our
our
clients
were
in
court,
the
next
day
asking
for
bond
if
they
are
held,
I
mentioned
diversion.
I
think
the
the
best
thing
to
highlight
here.
A
lot
of
the
things
are
the
same
from
last
year:
one
that's
not
as
behavioral
health
docket,
that's
going
really!
Well,
it's
going
really
well
we're
really
pleased.
I
know
it.
T
T
That's
on
the
behavior
health
docket,
I
think
judge
o'brien
does
a
fantastic
job
and
there's
a
great
camaraderie
with
them
collegiality,
and
I
think
that
the
work
they're
doing
is
fantastic
hope
to
see
some
more
graduates
soon
and
obviously,
as
we're
having
great
success
with
it.
I
think
the
program's
also
going
to
expand.
T
I
know
that
was
that
what
was
anticipated
2025,
I
think
we're
about
half
that
right
now,
but
we're
getting
there
and
I
think
we're
not
going
too
far
too
fast,
we're
taking
at
the
right
pace
and
our
office
is
really
enjoying
it.
I
think
I
think
it's
it's
nice
to
have
that
kind
of
collaborative
approach
in
our
courthouse,
because
it's
not
it
hasn't
always
been
that
way
and
it
feels
great
to
be
collaborative
and
feel
like
you.
T
Actually,
it's
not
just
we're
like
it's
not
like
we're
putting
up
with
something
you
know
diversion
because
we
want
something
else.
You
know,
but
you
know,
but
we
can't
get
that
thing.
It's
like
this
is
actually
a
good
program
and,
like
I
said,
like
the
people
who
need
it
are
getting
into
it's
not
like
we're
necessarily
just
funneling
people
into
that
program.
T
Mention
the
community
engagement
stuff,
and
I
also
mentioned
diversity
and
staff
retention.
Just
on
that
point,
with
staff
retention
we
haven't
had
anybody
leave
over
the
past
year
for
financial
reasons,
we've
had
a
couple
departures,
but
people
are
sticking
around
at
our
office.
I
think
in
large
part
because
they
feel
like
they
can
and
they're
able
to
pay
their
bills.
They're
able
to
you
know,
support
their
families.
Things
like
that
people
want
this
to
be
a
career.
T
So
four
of
our
last
five
hires
been
people
of
color,
and
we,
you
know
we're
interviewing
right
now
and
we're
opening
hoping
also
to
fill
our
attorney
staff
with
a
well
we're
hoping
for
a
more
diverse
applicant
pool,
but
diversity
obviously
is
very
important
to
us
next
slide,
please,
I
guess
I
was
just
talking
about
that
so
and
then
the
slide
after
that
one.
T
So
I
believe
that
the
county
manager
has
proposed
up
it's
about
fifty
thousand
dollars
that
would
across
our
entire
payroll.
That
would
be,
I
think,
about
a
four
and
a
half
percent
raise.
Obviously
we
very
much
appreciate
the
consideration.
I
would
just
note
that
this
is
it's
funny
how
this
works.
I
think
this
should
definitely
have
been
expected,
but
in
leading
the
way
now,
everybody
calls
me
from
other
public
defenders
offices
they're,
like
how
did
you
get
auditing
to
pay
for
this
like
and
what
what's
their
plan
like?
T
Are
they
gonna
do
this
three
years,
four
years
whatever,
and
then
I
explain
well,
you
know
give
us
a
general
supplement.
Here's
where
we're
at
right
now
and
then
all
the
other
places
want
to
beat
it
so
virginia
beach
gave
their
attorneys
only
the
attorneys,
not
all
the
support
staff,
but
they
gave
them
a
half
a
million
dollars.
They
do
have
quite
a
few
more
attorneys
than
we
do
but
percentage-wise,
I
think
it's
a
little
higher
than
where
we're
at
and
then
richmond
just
got
a
huge
supplement.
T
That
brings
them
almost
to
parity.
So
you
know
our
request
should
be.
I
know
it's
just
a
slight
little
dent
in
the
county's
budget,
but
even
just
an
additional
fifty
thousand
dollars
would
get
us
much
closer
and
if,
if
the
hope
was
to
get
to
pay
parity
in
you
know
three
or
four
years,
we
wouldn't
require
this
massive
leap
the
subsequent
year.
So
that
would
be
our
request
and
I
think
it's
you
know.
I
don't
share
this
information
with
me.
T
She
asked
me
not
to
spread
it
far
and
wide,
but
I
think
it's
enough
to
say,
without
sharing
like
this
specific
payroll
numbers
that
they
still
our
local
commonwealth
trains
make
a
lot
more,
especially
at
the
supervisory
positions,
not
we're.
Pretty
close,
I
think
we're
almost
identical
on
the
entry
level,
but
everything
above
entry
level.
It
just
gets
way.
The
disparities
are
really
significant.
T
I've
gone
over
most
of
that
and
yeah.
So
I
think
this
is
just
the
summary
slide.
We
love
our
office,
we
love
the
work,
we're
doing.
We
appreciate
the
county
support
and
I
think
just
to
be
included
and
and
that
we
have
a
and
even
if
we
don't
always
agree
on
everything,
all
the
things
that
are
going
on
with
reform
in
arlington,
I
feel
like
there's
a
great
dialogue
here.
We
do
feel
included.
T
We
think
that's
important
and
I
think
you
know
I
think,
we'll
look
forward
to
more
of
that
in
the
future.
So
if
you
have
any
questions
happy
to
answer
them.
C
T
F
You
guys
know
that
I
can't
un-read
and
I
continue
to
think
of
just
mercy
which
is
not
what
you
do
every
day,
but
it's
it's
related,
a
just
a
big
thank
you
to
you,
mr
haywood,
and
also
to
you,
ms
carpenter.
I
know
a
pivotal
role
in
police
practice
group.
Just
so
I
understand
I,
this
is
you
guys
know
we
have
the
ongoing
bucket
of
funding
and
the
one-time
funding,
so
this
would
be
an
additional.
F
The
request
is
for
an
additional
50
000
that
would
double
that
percentage
to
about
9
of
the
perhaps
15
to
45
percent
on
an
ongoing
basis.
Just
so,
I
understand
yeah.
Okay,
yes,
great
thanks.
H
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation.
Thank
you
for
the
work.
Thank
you
for
everything
and
it
it
works
right.
So
one
one
question
I
have
because
I
see
that
with
concern
that
you
are
getting
so
much
of
of
the
mental
health.
You
know
the
smi's
that
you
that
you
say
so,
is
there
anything
on
somewhere
else
like
police,
department,
area
or
or
any
other
fix
that
could
rebalance
this
kind
of
workload.
T
Yes,
it's
so
complicated,
though
you
know,
when
you
have
these
conversations
about.
Why
do
we
have
so
many
people
down
in
west
penn
state
hospital?
You
might
have
a
certain
idea,
and
I
actually
I
had
a
meeting
with
dhs
about
five
six
months
ago
and
I
was
coming
into
it.
Thinking
like
and
specifically
the
people
at
the
jail,
the
handful
of
people
at
the
jail
I
was
thinking
like.
T
It
must
be
this
problem,
and
then
we
start
talking
and
they're
like
eight
or
ten
different
points
in
just
the
you
know
from
the
from
the
moment,
even
before
they're
of
contact
with
the
criminal
justice
system
through
you
know,
sentencing
where
those
things
are
really
breaking
down.
You
know
to
me
like
a
big
one
is,
I
think,
right
now,
we're
still
we're
still
over
criminalizing
misdemeanor
conduct,
but
I
think
that
there
are
also
you
know.
T
There's
housing
is
a
massive
need
for
our
for
our
clients
and
like
the
kinds
of
supportive
housing
where
there's
treatment
services,
because
that
you
know
there's
a
span
but
like
a
lot
of
our
clients,
are
not
county
residents
but
then,
as
far
as
if
you
need
like
treatment,
you
know
therapeutic
services
in
addition
to
that,
you've
got
like
the
rpu
residential
program
unit
and
I
think,
there's
six
beds
there.
You
know
it's
just
we
could
fill
26
beds.
Probably
you
know
56
beds
and
just
not
not
having
that
as
an
option.
T
But
then
you
know
there
are
some
things
that
I
think
are
just
lacking
in
the
overall
continuum
of
care.
That
really
would
be
helpful
to
have
you
know
not
being
able
to
compel
someone
to
be
treated
except
through
a
criminal
justice
process.
It's
you
know,
I
feel
conflicted
as
a
left
of
progressive
individual,
but
I
do
think
that
you
know
there
have
been
proposals,
and
there
was
one
in
the
general
assembly
this
year
to
make
to
give
a
little
more
teeth
to
like
the
civil
civil
treatment
process,
make
it
make
it
more
mandatory.
T
You
know
say:
okay,
like
we're
not
going
to
arrest
you,
but
if
you
don't
do
this,
then
there
will
be
additional
sanctions
for
it.
You
know
without
starting
a
criminal
process.
You
know,
I
know
if
the
csb
for
many
years
talked
about
mandatory
outpatient
treatment.
The
proposals
that
have
been
on
the
table
more
recently
aren't
that,
but
I
think
that
that
is
also
you
know
a
definite
need
I
was
I
was.
I
was
encouraged,
though
there
was
that
meeting
on
sunday.
T
I
thought
it
went
really
well,
and
I
thought
there
was
a
lot
of
common
ground.
You
know,
even
if,
with
the
police
department,
the
sheriff
law
enforcement
and
public
defender,
I
felt
like
I
was
agreeing
with
them
a
lot,
and
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
you
know
that
the
police
department
wants
to
get
out
of
the
business
of
being
mental
health
counselors.
I
believe
them
about
that.
Just
like
it's
about
it's
all,
just
about
finding
a
better
paradigm-
and
you
know,
funding
that
and
supporting.
C
It
nodding
incredibly
aggressively
about
your
comments
about
the
difficulty
of
compelling
somebody
into
services
and
the
conflict
that
presents
right,
believing
both
that
people
should
have
the
freedoms
right
and
then
also
recognizing.
And
it's
to
me.
I
think
in
some
ways
the
success
of
the
behavioral
health
docket
points
to
that
right.
It
is
it's
become
kind
of
a
way
to
divert
people
into
those
services
and
compel
them,
which
again
is
not
unproblematic,
but
it's
probably
better
than
or
certainly
better
than
incarceration.
I
So
just
a
question
about
the
management
administration
of
your
office,
since
we've
heard
from
a
lot
of
our
you
know
other
constitutionals,
the
role
that
technology
has
played
in
facilitating
their
work,
not
just
in
pandemic,
but
just
making
them
more
efficient
overall,
and
I
just
have
no
window
into
whether
or
not
the
state
state
money
that
supports
the
office
is
adequate
for
you
to
have
all
of
the
things
that
you
need
on
that
basis.
There's
a
lot
to
talk
about.
T
That
happened
very
recently,
so
I'll
tell
you
about
like
our
internet
speed,
for
example,
this
is
finally
getting
remedied,
but
you
know
you'll
you
can
search.
I
don't
know
if
you
know
this,
you
can
like
do
a
google
search.
How
fast
does
my
internet
speed
right?
It
brings
up
this
speed.
How
many
mega
bits
per
second?
Are
you
getting?
T
So
ours
has
just
been
exceptionally
slower
like
how
slow
is
it
so
one
day
one
of
the
assistant
public
defenders
over
at
the
courthouse
just
using
the
public
internet,
it
was
getting
like
160
mega
megabytes
per
second,
whatever
it
sounds
like
normal
high
speed
internet
came
back
to
the
office,
it
was
at
four
four
and
I
would
consider
I
would
keep
telling
our
I.t
people
and
enrichment
I'd
say
like
this
is
these
are
dial-up
speeds?
T
It
really
feels
like
dial-up
speeds,
and
the
way
that
affects
us
is
because
now
we're
getting
on
discovery
on
the
from
the
cloud
you
know.
So
you
know
the
commerce
attorney
is
going
to
provide
us
discovery
using
their
onedrive
or
evidence.com,
and
then
we
have
to
watch
it
using
an
internet
connection
and
we
can't
download
it
at
work.
So
a
lot
of
times
the
people
folks
will
just
walk
over
to
the
courthouse
and
sit
on
the
third
floor
or
something
and
download
body
cam
videos.
Oh
really.
T
To
authorize
like
temporary
remote
work,
just
go
home,
use
your
own
internet
to
download
this
stuff.
Just
you
know,
or
else
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
be
productive
and
then
last
week
you
know
as
ali
and
I
were
preparing
for
a
week-long
trial.
Lo
and
behold
a
couple
years
ago,
a
decision
have
been
made
to
take
away
one
of
our
copiers,
so
we
have
one
copier
for
21
employees
and
of
course,
two
days
before
three
days
before
trial.
T
It
ran
out
of
toner,
and
it
has
this
supposedly
like
this
automatic
toner
replacement
service
and
apparently
the
the
place
that
has
the
automatic
replacement
was
back,
ordered
nobody
told
us,
so
we
suddenly
didn't
the
day
before
trial.
We
did
not
have
a
printer
to
use.
You
know
this
is
this
is
not
supposed
to
be
happening
in
2022,
but
it
feels
like
it
happens.
All
the
time
with
us.
T
Well,
so
we
are
getting
faster
internet
we've.
You
know,
we've
not
just
me
and
ms
carpenter,
but
there
are
others
in
the
office
that
have
deputized
to
just
be.
You
know,
just
be
the
squeaky
wheel
and
and
call
and
nag
and
be
like
this.
We
can't
do
this
anymore
and
then,
finally,
some
you
know
that
worked
so
we're
getting
the
faster
internet.
We
just
got
a
new
printer
yesterday,
so
yeah,
but
it's
the
kind
of
thing
you
know.
If
you're
writing
a
law
firm,
no
one
would
ever
put
up
with
that
and
we
want.
T
We
do
provide
legal
services
equivalent
to
the
very
best.
You
know
private
defense
attorneys
around
here
like,
but
why
do
we
have
to
put
up
with
this?
It's
just
it's
just
sort
of
a
consistent
problem
with
indigent
defense.
I
think
we're
kind
of
always
the
last
to
get
the
whatever
our
concerns
taken
seriously.
T
C
Well,
I
am
sorry
to
end
on
that
note
for
otherwise,
but
it's
helpful
to
know
right.
We
really
appreciate
you
thanks
for
hanging
with
us
all
afternoon
and
appreciate
everything
that
you're
doing
all
right
with
that
miraculously
and
with
enthusiastic
thanks,
not
only
my
colleagues
but
all
10
of
our
presenters.
Here,
we
are
right
on
time.