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A
Good
morning,
I'd
like
to
call
the
meeting
of
the
joint
committee
on
senate
finance
and
assembly
ways
and
means
to
order
please
committee
secretary:
please
call
the
rule.
A
A
A
Here,
thank
you,
please
add
members
as
president
as
they
join,
and
I
would
like
to
also
remind
all
the
committee
members
to
mute
your
microphones
when
you're
not
talking,
and
if
you
have
a
question
you
could
put
the
try
to
notify
me
in
the
zoom
chat
for
this
committee
meeting
and
I'll
recognize
you
and
we
can
get
the
question
answered.
A
I
also
like
to
re
remind
the
the
public,
that's
watching
that
you
have
many
ways
to
participate
and
the
the
information
for
contacting
this
committee
on
the
agenda
for
today,
as
well
as,
if
you
go
to
the
nevada
legislature's
website
to
the
nellis
portion
of
that
website.
There's
a
banner
at
the
top
of
that
on
every
page.
A
That
gives
you
all
the
different
ways
that
you
can
join
this
meeting
and
participate,
and
it
we'll
have
a
public
comment
at
the
end
of
the
agenda
and
if
you
want
to
make
public
comment,
if
you
didn't
get
on
that
and
sign
in
and
we'll
call
you
the
last
three
digits
of
your
phone
number
when
the
time
is
appropriate.
C
A
A
C
I
want
to
begin
by
pointing
out
that,
as
you'll
recall,
I
provided
an
overview
of
our
budget
to
the
same
committee
joint
committee
on
january
20th,
and
so
I
don't
want
to
belabor
some
of
the
points
that
were
covered
at
that
time.
C
C
That
up
yeah
yeah,
let's
go
on
to
that
the
next
page
rick.
Thank
you
come
on.
The
judicial
branch
budget
is
a
total
of
140
million
197
576
dollars.
C
66
of
that
funding
is
from
the
general
fund
and
34
comes
from
administrative
assessments,
reserves
and
other.
Both
federal
and
fees
of
the
general
fund
request
55
of
our
budget,
50
million
plus,
is
judicial.
Elected
officials,
salaries,
16
percent,
is
the
supreme
court
budget.
Ten
percent
is
for
specialty
courts.
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
We
are
now
to
a
point
where
the
judicial
branch
receives
60
percent
of
the
administrative
assessments
ultimately
collected,
and
the
balance
goes
to
the
executive
branch
as
you
as
I
mentioned
in
january,
and
I
think
I
may
have
mentioned
it
in
2019
with
the
adoption
of
marsey's
law.
There
is
a
requirement
also
that
constitutional
requirement
that
restitution
be
collected
on
many
of
these
charges
first,
and
so,
when
someone
who
is
faced
with
having
to
pay
some
of
these
fees
also
has
a
duty
to
pay
restitution.
C
C
While
we
were
meeting
the
governor's
requests
for
12
and
15
budget
request
budget
cuts
to
the
general
fund,
we
were
also
sustaining
a
33
reduction
in
the
amount
of
administrative
assessments
being
received
to
that
34
segment
of
our
budget.
C
I
want
to
again
express
my
sincere
appreciation
to
the
legislature
for
their
action
taken
in
the
special
session,
where
they
adjusted
the
authorization
and
appropriation
act
provisions
allowing
us
to
carry
forward
some
of
our
reserves
to
help,
as
a
defensive
measure
mitigate
against
the
consequences
of
this
reduction
in
revenue
source.
C
This
next
slide
shows
you
a
bar
graph.
We
presented
this
on
january
20th
that
shows
the
decline
down
to
2021
projected.
We
have
projected
aas
for
22
and
23,
but,
as
you
can
see,
it
won't
be
until
way
deep
into
the
2023
fiscal
year
before
we.
C
Where
we
were
at
the
beginning
of
pandemic
on
march
17th
that
even
at
that
point,
though,
we
would
be
roughly
two
to
three
percent
below
what
was
being
received
at
that
point,
this
next
slide
shows
who
else
receives
administrative
assessment
revenue?
That,
of
course,
would
be
important
to
your
joint
committees.
As
you
think
about
those
budgets.
C
C
C
C
So
let's
begin
with
some
of
the
items
that
are
identified
here
this,
mr
stephanie,
if
you
would
please,
let's
talk
about
the
remote
desktop
server
and
this
issue,
if
I
could
introduce
this,
though
I
do
want
to
mention
that
during
the
pandemic,
the
court
has
substantially
gone
to
a
remote
work
environment.
C
C
I'm
very
proud
of
the
way
the
court
has
progressed
through
this
pandemic.
We
continue
to
schedule
oral
arguments.
This
was
started
up
again
in
june
after
the
official
break
in
the
pandemic,
and
it's
continued
right
up
to
this
coming
monday
and
next
monday
and
tuesday.
Where
we'll
have
moral
arguments,
then
essential,
though,
to
the
court's
transition
to
remote
access
or
remote
business
is
remote
access
to
the
court's
network,
so
rick.
Maybe
this
particular
item.
C
D
Good
morning,
rick
stephanie
for
the
supreme
court
e365,
the
remote
desktop
server
setup,
is
to
create
a
virtual
desktop
environment
for
all
of
our
remote
employees
to
work
securely.
Currently
we
have.
D
This
solution
will
allow
us
to
keep
all
of
that
data
documents
everything
in-house,
so
nothing
is
stored
on
somebody's
personal
computer
or
a
laptop
that
could
go
missing
whatever.
So
that's
what
this
enhancement
is
about.
E240,
adobe,
lifecycle
replacement
is
just
an
upgrade
to
the
whole
desktop
publishing
suite.
C
So
as
to
that
particular
item,
mr
chairman
and
members
of
the
committee,
the
court
staff
has
been
working
with
lcb
fiscal
staff
to
determine
an
adjustment
of
the
aaa
distribution
percentages,
as
outlined
in
e-245
across
budgets.
C
At
this
time,
the
changes
to
the
splits
in
one
nrs
176.059
do
not
appear
to
be
necessary.
So
the
current
split
of
62
percent
to
the
judicial
branch
38
of
the
executive
branch
would
remain
the
same.
However,
we
do
need
to
either
through
expiration
of
the
june
30th
21st
date.
For
those
splits,
you
need
to
adjust
that
or
move
it
on
a
permanent
basis.
C
A
We'll
get
into
some
of
the
specific
budgets
is
justice
are
to
see
if,
if
we
could
maybe
pause
right
there
between
these
budgets-
and
I
know
we
have
some
questions
on
the
budget
that
you've
presented
already
sure.
B
Thank
you
chair,
and
I
have
a
couple
of
questions.
If
that's
okay,.
B
I
just
had
a
quick
question
regarding
first
before
I
get
into
my
other
questions
regarding
the
balance
forward.
So
I
noticed
when
you
started
when
I
you
started
the
presentation
you
mentioned,
that
you
were
requesting
an
increase
in
about
4.3
million
dollars
from
the
general
fund,
but
you
have
a
balance
forward.
That's
gone
up
from
9.4
million
in
the
2019
to
2021
biennium
to
11.5
million
in
the
2123
biennium.
Can
you
just
kind
of
walk
me
through
why
the
balance
forward's
gone
up
and
why
you're
requesting
more
general
dollars?
B
Yes,
todd
miller
for
the
record
manager
budgets
for
the
supreme
court.
Thank
you
for
the
question
to
chair
through
you
to
the
assembly
woman.
What
you're
seeing
there
is?
Yes,
we
do
have
accounts
that
have
reserves
that
are
adjusted
by
that
are
funded
by
the
administrative
assessments.
B
We
also
have
other
accounts
that
are
do
not
generally
have
reserves
such
as
the
supreme
court's
budget
accounts,
the
the
law,
library,
the
senior
judge,
program,
etc.
Those
that
are
funded
with
general
fund
as
well
do
not
have
a
reserve.
The
reserves
are
really
only
in
the
aoc
controlled
budget
accounts,
1483
administrative
office
of
the
courts,
1486
usjr,
1487
judicial
education.
B
Those
are
the
accounts
that
that
really
have
those
reserves
that
we're
talking
about
that
are
that
are
and
need
to
be
straightened
out.
Yeah
did
that
answer
your
question
yeah
and
yes,
and
that
actually
leads
me
into
my
next
question
regarding
the
reserves,
I
noticed
in
your
slide.
There
was
an
asterisk
next
to
budget
e245
saying
it
may
no
longer
be
needed.
B
Can
you
walk
me
through
that,
because
I
know
that
had
been
an
initial
request
to
kind
of
shift
administrative
assessments
between
budgets,
but
then
it
was
my
understanding
that
it
was
actually
going
to
be
eliminated
that
decision
unit.
So
can
you
confirm
whether
that
request
is
going
to
be
eliminated?
B
Yes,
yes,
once
again
todd
meyer
for
the
record,
we
have
worked
with
staff
and-
and
since
this
budget
was
built
in
september,
that
decision
unit
at
the
time
as
everything
was
constructed,
it
did
appear
necessary
at
this
particular
point
in
time
we
worked
with
staff
to
look
deeper
into
things
after
more
adjustments
have
been
made
during
the
budget
process,
and
it
appears
at
this
time
that
that
decision
unit
may
not
be
needed,
and
so
it
is
possible.
It
could
be
eliminated.
Yes
and
one
follow-up
chair.
B
Go
ahead,
okay,
thank
you
and
then,
regarding
I'm
speaking
about
reserves.
I
know
the
recommended.
Reserves
is
90
days,
but
there's
been
a
special
request
to
increase
that
to
120
days
and
even
with
the
elimination
of
e245.
I
think
most
of
the
budgets
will
have
in
excess
of
120
days
reserves.
Can
you
walk
me
through
why
that's
necessary
or
why
the
request
for
the
exception
on
reserve
levels.
C
Sure
I'll
ask
mr
miller
to
comment
specifically,
but
again
I
want
to
mention
that
this
is
a
defensive
measure
against
the
unstable
nature
of
the
administrative
assessments
we
had
hoped
through
october,
that
we
might
see
some
rebound
in
those
receipts
november
and
december
was
disappointing
and
the
trend
line
is
not
very
exciting
for
the
remainder
of
this
fiscal
year
and
it
also
calls
into
question
projections
for
the
upcoming
biennium
as
well.
C
Mr
miler,
if
you
want
to
your
physical
staff
by
the
way-
and
mr
miller
have
gone
through
extensive
calculations
over
these
reserves,
and
we
can
go
into
some
of
the
specifics
of
these
charts
if
you
don't
have
them
available,
but
essentially
these
calculations
would
show
that
in
some
accounts
we
may
be
over
by
120
days.
But
in
other
accounts
we
still
haven't
reached
the
120
day
period
so
once
again
having
the
ability
to
adjust
the
dollars
between
these
accounts
that
was
afforded
during
the
special
session
allows
us
to
smooth
this
out.
B
A
Thank
you.
Next
up,
I
have
assemblyman
tolls.
A
Oh
perfect,
thank
you.
Well
senator
dennis.
B
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
want
to
I'm
going
to
ask
first,
because
you
just
covered
this
on
e365
on
the
remote
desktop
server,
just
so
that
I
understand
you're,
basically
going
to
have
a
client
on
there,
like,
if
they're,
calling
in
from
home
or
a
pc
or
a
laptop
from
home
and
they're,
going
to
connect
to
that
virtual
connection
in
the
office.
B
B
So
the
question
I
have
been
what's
the
time
frame
for
implementing
that
remote
desktop.
D
Rick
stephanie
for
the
court
before
the
covid
shutdown
hit,
we
had
actually
instituted
a
pilot
program.
To
start
this.
It
start
we
started
about
three
or
four
weeks
before
the
shutdown,
so
this
funding
to
do
this,
we
would
move
rather
quickly.
D
How
long
it
if
the
project
is
approved,
we
would
start
right
away
in
july
and
hopefully
have
it
up
and
operational
within
three
to
four
months.
Great.
B
Thank
you
and,
and
then
the
other
question
I
had.
I
don't
know
that
you've
covered
this
yet,
but
it's
in
my
notes,
as
I
went
through
this,
has
to
do
with
the
I
think
you
guys
call
it
mcgis
system
the.
I
had
a
question
about
how
many
agencies
use
that
system
currently.
D
Rick
stephanie
for
the
court.
Maguigis.
Are
you
talking
about?
Yes,
yeah,
a
guy,
just
okay,
my
guy,
just
for
everybody
who
doesn't
know
was
called
the
multi-county
inter-jurisdiction
information
system.
It
is
a
straight
system
that
exchanges
data
between
many
different
justice
partners,
e-citations
dmv,
dps
law
enforcement.
D
We
are
moving
geez.
I
don't
have
that
data
right
in
front
of
me,
but
we
have
35
courts
using
it.
We
have
clark
county
the
their
cci
just
system,
moving
warrants
over
to
dps
and
the
repository
most
of
our
courts
that
are
on
our
state-sponsored
case.
Management
system
are
moving
e-citations
from
higher
patrol
and
law
enforcement
agencies
from
them
directly
into
their
case
management
systems
and
when
those
tickets
or
citations
are
adjudicated.
D
I
know
we
have
well
over
50
or
60
partners
using
this
system
today
and
we
expect
that
to
greatly
increase
in
the
future.
So.
D
All
of
the
people
who
use
this
system
are
direct
justice
partners.
It's
all
kind
of
done
in
the
background,
so.
B
So
I
guess
I
guess
I'm
trying
to
distinguish
between
you
know.
Sometimes
people
just
have
to
get
information,
but
actually,
but
then
you
also
have
have
folks
that
have
to
actually
input
information
that
gets
put
into
your
system.
Is
there?
Is
there
a
distinction
between
that?
I
mean:
do
some
people
just
have
access
to
pull
up
information?
They
need
to
look
up
something
versus
some
people
that
might
need
to
actually
upload
information
to
the
system
or
download.
I
guess
too.
D
B
Okay,
let's
just
take
it
back
and
forth,
okay,
so
yeah.
So
if
you
could
just
share
with
our
staff,
you
said
probably
over
50,
if
you
could
share
how
many
the
exact
number
is
of
the
folks
that
connect
with
us.
Okay,
he
bet.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
A
Thank
you
and
just
a
reminder:
please
identify
yourself
when
you're
talking
so,
if
you're
presenting
so
for
our
staff,
so
we
can
get
our
notes
correctly
and
I
think
next
up.
I
think
we
have
assemblyman
roberts.
B
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
a
lot
of
my
questions
were
answered
previously
about
court
assessments
and
the
carryovers,
but
I
had
one
more
follow-up
on
that
and
I
know
the
projections
you
know
were
down
and
in
in
trying
to
forecast,
that's
probably
pretty
difficult
and
just
just
curious
as
to
why.
Why
are
the
court
assessments
down
I
mean.
Obviously,
ovid
has
impacted
the
court
system's
ability
to
hold
court
in
you
know,
are
you
monitoring
those
numbers
and
you
know,
and
is
there
things
that
we
could
do
to
to
improve
that?
C
Thank
you
for
the
question
assembling
roberts.
This
is
justice
hardesty.
I
have
been
working
on
the
court's
budget
since
I
joined
the
court
in
2005
and
I
think
that
administrative
assessments
are
one
of
the
most
difficult
things
to
project
that
I've
ever
seen.
I
was
an
accountant
years
and
years
ago
and
I
I
just
find
it
very
challenging
to
predict
what
can
come
in
so
much
of
it
depends
on
the
number
of
tickets
written.
We
monitor
those.
C
We
also,
of
course,
monitor
the
cases
in
the
justice
courts
and
municipal
courts
that
receive
administrative
assessments
and
these
charges
and
adjudicate
them,
and
so
we
monitor
those
one
of
the
things
that
is
a
challenge
during
a
pandemic
when
there's
no
traffic
there's
no
tickets.
Although
we
saw
a
few
folks
driving
about
140
miles
an
hour,
they
got
pulled
over,
but
vast
majority
of
tickets
were
not
being
written
because
the
traffic
count
was
down
significantly
down
and
then
the
other
problem
that
the
pandemic
has
produced
is
collections.
C
So
the
writing
of
tickets
is
not
a
direct
correlation
to
the
collection
of
the
funds
and,
as
I
mentioned
earlier-
and
this
is
I'm
not
I'm
not
trying
to
say
this
to
be
offensive-
I'm
hoping
it
doesn't
come
across
that
way.
When
the
legislature
in
2010
was
faced
with
the
economic
recovery
problem,
they
took
five
dollars
off
the
top
to
go
to
the
general
fund,
so
that
was
another
collection
that
impeded
the
amount
of
money
that
eventually
gets
to
the
supreme
court.
C
I
don't
know
that,
there's
anything
really
that
the
legislature
could
do
about
this
funding
source
in
terms
of
the
supreme
court
budget.
I
have
commented
before
that.
It
would
make
sense
that
we
are
not
using
this
funding
source
to
fund
the
supreme
court.
There
is
absolutely
no
correlation
whatsoever
from
this
funding
source
and
the
functions
of
the
supreme
court.
We
do
not
become
involved
in
traffic
tickets
or
traffic
citations,
not
even
within
our
purview,
unless
we
end
up
with
a
case
that
gets
presented
to
the
supreme
court
on
a
red.
C
C
I
wish
the
legislature
would
simply
put
us
in
the
general
fund
and
call
it
a
day
and
accept
the
risks
and
the
challenges
that
come
with
administrative
assessments,
and
then
your
staff
can
make
those
projections,
rather
than
our
staff,
to
be
quite
honest,
but
we're
dealing
with
this
particular
circumstance
and
we're
doing
the
best.
We
can
to
provide
these
projections,
and
it
is
a
very
difficult
thing
to
do.
B
Well,
thank
you
justice
for
the
for
the
answer,
and
you
know
I
and
I
I
appreciate
you
know
that
you
know
this.
Is
you
can't
you
can't
count
on
this?
I
used
to
get
calls
from
the
city
of
las
vegas
when
I
was
chief
of
patrol
that
we
weren't
writing
enough
tickets
when
we
were,
you
know,
reducing
our
workforce,
and
so
you
know
I
understand
where
you're
coming
from,
and
I
think
it's
perfectly
reasonable
to
allow
you
to
to
hold
larger
reserves
to
carry
you
over
when
when
you
have
this
unpredictable
cash
flow.
B
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
just
yeah
as
a
follow-up,
as
I
looked
at
my
notes,
I
I
realized.
I
I
didn't
ask
the
question
that
I
needed
to
for
mr
stephanie.
They
when
we
were
talking
about
the
makai
just
system,
do
you
have
do
you
exchange
information
with
agencies
outside
of
that
system,
or
is
everything
all
your
communication
through
that
system.
D
Yeah
rick
stephanie
for
the
courts.
Yes,
we
do,
like
I
said:
dps
is
one
of
our
major
partners.
Dmv
is
one
of
our
major
partners,
all
of
the
courts.
Obviously
this
system
is
is
set
up
so
once
a
document
like
an
e-citation
specification
is
written
any
person
that
or
any
core
entity
that
needs
to
use
that
system
can
do
so
as
long
as
they
write
their
interface
into
that
system
correctly.
It
moves
data
perfectly
well.
D
Correct
rick
stephanie
for
the
court.
Are
you
talking
about
electronic
data
that
we're
exchanging
with
not
through
mcigis.
D
Rick
stephanie
for
the
court.
We,
as
far
as
I
know,
we
don't
exchange
any
other
data
not
through
that
system.
Okay,
we've
kind
of
set
that,
as
the
standard
we've
told
the
courts
and
the
other
partners,
if
they
want
to
move
data
electronically,
that
that
system
is
the
one
to
use.
D
People
I
mean
courts,
we
cannot
do
that,
but
I
will
tell
you:
there
are
courts
that
are
sending
data
directly
to
say
dmv
directly,
not
through
mcigis.
I
think
las
vegas
justice
court
is
one.
No
las
vegas
municipal
court
is
one
I'm
sorry.
D
They
write
their
own
interface.
A
number
of
years
back
dps
had
had
said
you
know.
If
you
want
to
exchange
data
with
us.
Mcguigan's
is
the
way
to
do
it.
It's
a
one-stop
shop
that
it's
a
gateway
that
they
don't
have
to
support.
Multiple
different
interfaces.
All
they
have
to
do
is
support
one
interface.
D
So
I
might
add
that
system
the
magis
system
was
developed
in-house.
We
support
it.
100
we
don't
charge
user
fees,
we
don't
charge
transaction
fees,
nothing
so
that
cost
is
all
born
out
of
one
of
our
budgets.
Out
of
our
1486
budget.
B
A
C
So,
let's
turn
to
slight:
I
don't
want
to
touch
on
slide
10
briefly,
I
I
have
previously
outlined
the
duties
of
the
supreme
court.
I
don't
think
I
need
to
repeat
those
unless
there
are
members
of
the
joint
committee
that
have
questions
about
the
constitutional
functions
of
the
court.
What
I
did
want
to
touch
on
briefly,
though,
is
slide
10.
As
you
may
recall,
from
my
presentation
on
january,
the
20th
there
has
been
a
significant
impact
on
all
of
the
courts
caused
by
the
pandemic.
C
In
the
case
of
the
supreme
court,
we
have
adjusted
our
projections
for
fiscal
year
21,
based
on
two
things.
The
number
of
filings
has
declined,
as
you
can
see
by
about
706
cases
per
year
for
this
upcoming
fiscal
year,
the
number
of
cases
being
transferred
to
the
court
of
appeals
has
gone
down
as
a
consequence.
C
C
C
C
This
is
the
lowest,
though,
pending
cases
I've
seen
since
I've
been
on
the
court.
It
goes
back
decades
and
what
this
reflects
is
the
impact
of
the
pandemic
on
the
district
courts,
which
is
our
source
of
work.
C
Primarily,
the
district
courts
around
the
state
have
not
been
able
to
conduct
trials
in
many
instances
and
certainly
not
jury
trials,
and
I'm
working
now
with
the
chief
judges
of
both
the
eighth
judicial
district
and
the
second
judicial
district
and
a
number
of
rural
judges
to
develop
a
plan
where
we
can
eventually
reopen
these
courts
to
get
these
cases
moving.
But
this
is
a
serious
justice
problem.
C
Working
through
that
backlog
will
be
a
serious
problem
as
it
impacts
the
supreme
court
in
the
next
fiscal
year
for
2022
and
2023,
we've
gone
back
to
increasing
our
projections,
because
essentially,
once
we
begin
to
clear
out
the
backlog
of
cases
that
exist
within
the
district
courts,
we're
going
to
see
a
significant
wave
of
appeals
and
written
proceeds,
that'll
be
coming
to
the
supreme
court
in
the
upcoming
years
budget
account
1494
that
supports
the
supreme
court.
This
gets
back
to
a
couple
of
the
things
that
senator
dennis
was
talking
about
I'll.
C
D
Rick
stephanie
for
the
court,
starting
with
e351
the
dps
interface
upgrade.
As
many
of
you
probably
know,
dps
has
been
in
the
middle
of
upgrading
their
whole
back-end
system,
their
jailing
system,
so
as
soon
as
they
are
completed
with
that,
we
need
to
upgrade
our
interface
to
go
into
their
new,
their
new
system.
D
That's
what
that
enhancement
is
all
about.
We
did
have
this
enhancement
on
last
biennium's
budget,
but
dps
did
not
progress
far
enough
on
their
upgrade
to
for
us
to
use
this
enhancement.
So
we
needed
to
put
this
back
in
e352.
D
D
D
D
The
equipment
replacement
e710.
This
is
in
every
budget
account.
This
is
our
typical
computer
replacement,
printer
replacement
batteries.
Anything
like
that
or
normal
wear
and
tear
on
on
systems.
C
C
During
the
process
of
iron
placement,
for
our
current
chief
marshal
daryl
keithley,
he
retired,
and
in
that
process
I
discovered
that
instead
of
having
eight
full-time
martial
positions,
we
only
had
seven
and
a
half,
and
so
I
asked
to
working
with
mr
miler
and
he
with
your
fiscal
staff,
we
have
formulated
a
plan
to
get
us
up
to
the
full
eight
martial
positions
without
creating
a
budget
consequence
in
doing
so
so,
mr
miller,
if
you
could
briefly
summarize
this
slide-
and
this
relates
to
yes.
B
B
That
is
so
that
we
do
have
eight
full-time
marshals.
Rather
than
7.51.
We
did
find
an
imbalance
between
staff.
There
was
also
a
security
contract
in
place
for
a
temporary
security
personnel,
which
we
had
actually
been
utilizing
as
full-time
personnel,
so
it
was
another
equivalent
of
another
full-time
fte
down
in
las
vegas.
B
However,
so
this
this
proposal
reduces
that
security
contract
significantly
by
two-thirds,
and
then
there
are
also
some
decision
units,
as
mr
stephanie
mentioned,
that
are
either
proposed
for
complete
elimination
or
for
modification,
and
you
see
the
dollar
amounts
on
those,
so
it
is
a
net.
C
Unless
there
any
questions
there,
mr
chairman,
we're
we'll
move
to
the
court
of
appeals.
A
We
do
have
some
questions.
I
think
the
first
question
I
have
is
from
assemblywoman
monroe
moreno.
B
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
always
love
it
when
we
can
save
money
and
definitely
want
to
see
full-time
staff
there.
That's
our
staff
and
not
contracted
staff.
But
could
you
just
explain
just
a
little
bit
more
to
us
of
how
the
recommended
restructure
of
the
las
vegas
marshals
office
will
result
in
improved
security
protection
with
the
reduction
in
the
contract
with
the
security
company.
C
C
C
We
believe
that
improves
security.
We
believe
that
that
this
this
proposal
does
both
it
saves
money
and
it
improves
security
by
having
the
qualified
people
who
should
be
in
that
building
and
patrolling
that
building
and,
as
you
may
know,
the
supreme
court
building
in
las
vegas
is
a
beautiful
building.
C
We
had
a
lot
of
visitors
there
who
come
by,
who
think
it's
it's
more
of
a
historic
art,
piece
feast,
but
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
it's
located
in
an
area
that
has
some
challenges
from
a
policing
standpoint,
and
so
the
security
demands
are
even
a
little
bit
higher
there
than
they
are
in
carson
city,
and
so
we
think
we
need
full-time
police
officers
there
to
marshal
that
building
and
provide
for
the
safety
and
security
of
the
roughly
60
plus
people
that
work
in
that
country
now
and
the
hundreds
of
people
who
were
coming
into
the
building
and
we
hope
will
be
returning
soon
when
we
get
past
the
pandemic.
B
No
that
that
truly
does
explain
and
thank
you
for
that
explanation.
I
did
not
realize
that
the
chief
also
did
the
duties
that
a
line
officer,
a
daily
line
officer,
would
do
he's
kind
of
holding
two
to
hat.
So
I
truly
appreciate
that
explanation
and,
as
you
look
for
that,
that
full-time
position
will
you
be
looking
to
promote
within
and
the
new
person
take
the
new
position.
B
So
as
you
look
for
that
new
post-certified
officer,
and
will
you
be
promoting
that
chief's
position
from
the
officers
that
are
currently
there
and
then
my
my
last
question
is,
as
you
made
the
decision
to
not
move
forward
with
the
with
the
computers,
the
other
recommendations
that
you're
not
going
to
go
through
with
how
are
those
revisions
and
eliminations
for
your
I.t
decision
unit
how's
that
going
to
impact
the
courts.
C
So
this
is
justice
hardisty.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Assemblyman.
First
of
all,
we
have
we
started
the
search
process.
It
was
an
open
search.
We
did
receive
both
applicants
from
within
the
system
and
from
without
the
from
outside
the
system.
C
The
and,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
the
chief
marshall
has
assigned
line
duties
as
well
as
running
the
department.
I
I
mean
I
don't
want
to
disparage
the
importance
and
the
responsibilities
of
being
able
to
keep
track
of
everybody.
We
do
have
a
lieutenant
who
assists
the
chief
marshal,
but
scheduling,
training
and
scheduling
the
officers
and
the
like
is
just
part
of
the
job
and
when
you've
got
an
eight-person
force
located
at
two
ends
of
the
state.
There
are
some
administrative
responsibilities
there
with
respect
to
the
decision
units
that
we
have
identified
here.
A
Thank
you
assemblywoman
and
thank
you
justice,
hardesty.
I
think
that
is
it
for
that
budget.
I
think
we're
ready
to
move
on
to
the
next
budget.
1489
court
of
appeals,
budget.
C
Once
again,
I
want
to
just
explain
an
operational
change
here
that
motivates
this:
this
budget
and
the
enhancement
in
this
budget,
when
the
court
of
appeals
was
created
and
staffed.
Initially,
we
had
planned
and
anticipated
that
it
would
have
the
just
the
judges.
Three
judges
would
have
two
law
clerks
and
a
judicial
assistant,
a
judicial
chamber's
assistant.
C
Some
might
equate
those
duties
to
a
secretary.
But
it's
more
like
a
paralegal,
and
we
built
that
partially
because
that's
the
way
the
supreme
court
operates.
But
what
we've
learned
in
the
ensuing
six
years
five
years
plus,
is
that
the
there's
a
greater
need
for
the
chambers
to
have
staff
attorneys,
rather
than
what
I'll
call
a
secretary
or
a
paralegal.
A
C
Functioning
there
should
be
a
slide
entitled
court
of
appeals.
Budget
account
1489.,
perfect,
perfect.
We
can
see
it
again.
Thank
you
so
much
okay.
So
this
enhancement
relates
to
the
reclassification
of
what
was
previously
set
up
to
be
judicial
chambers,
assistance
to
three
staff
attorneys-
or,
I
should
say,
two
law
clerks
and
a
staff
attorney.
C
Just
to
remind
everyone
that
the
primary
purpose
of
the
court
of
appeals
is
to
engage
in
the
resolution
of
error
correction
cases,
it
is
a
high
volume
court
in
that
sense,
and
many
of
the
cases
present
legal
issues
that
are
not
going
to
produce
precedent
and,
as
a
consequence,
the
need
for
again
I'll
characterize
it.
As
secretarial
staff
in
the
chambers
is
much
much
different
than
it
is
for
justices
on
the
supreme
court
and
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
to
add
staff
attorneys
to
help
support
those
three
judges
in
their
resolution
of
cases.
C
C
In
the
last
few
weeks,
mr
miler
has
been
working
with
your
staff,
noting
that
the
staff
attorney's
salaries
in
chambers
are
much
lower
than
the
staff
attorneys
that
are
on
the
court
of
appeals
staff
we'd
like
to
continue
that
dialogue
with
your
staff
to
increase
that
slightly.
But
this
was
the
proposal
that
the
court
of
appeals
made
to
the
supreme
court
and
we
agreed
to
endorse
it.
A
Yeah
justice-
we
do
have
a
question
on
on
this
budget
account
before
we
begin
and
I
believe
assemblyman
assemblywoman
borlaug
does.
B
Yes,
thank
you
very
much
chair.
I
did
have
a
quick
question
who
is
currently
performing
the
legal
work
that
the
judicial
chamber
administrators
are
unable
to
complete.
C
Well,
that's
been
part
of
the
problem;
we
wouldn't
permit
them
to
work
out
of
class,
and
so
because
of
that,
we
that
work
is
being
done
by
the
law
clerks
and,
more
importantly,
the
staff
attorneys
who
support
the
the
court
of
appeals.
There
are
both
criminal
and
civil
staff
attorneys
that
perform
those
functions.
What
we're
trying
to
do
assemblywoman
is
increase
the
amount
of
output
by
having
people
who
are
lawyers
performing
these
functions
and
are
working
within
class.
B
Okay,
so
the
current
incumbents
wouldn't
meet
the
staff
attorney
minimum
qualifications,
then,
is
that
correct.
C
B
Okay,
thank
you
and
a
quick
follow-up
chair.
Please
so
then,
would
there
be
a
potential
layout
that
could
result
in
the
recommended
reclassification.
C
B
Great
and
then
other
processing
legal
documents
and
assisting
with
writing
of
legal
briefs.
What
other
benefits
does
the
court
of
appeals
anticipate
by
reclassifying
the
chamber's
position
to
the
staff.
C
C
C
Both
of
those
court
of
appeals
have
approximately
and
I'm
just
going
to
use
approximate
numbers,
15
judges
and
they're
resolving
about
1500
cases
per
year.
C
I
am
so
proud
of
what
our
court
of
appeals
is
doing,
and
this
model
that
we
adopted
has
been
incredibly
productive
because
of
the
use
of
our
central
staff
lawyers
to
help
support
the
judges
in
what
their
decision
making
process
is.
So
I'm
I'm.
This
proposal
furthers
the
effort
of
increasing
that
production
at
the
lowest
possible
cost
and
without
piling
on
more
judges.
A
Thank
you,
someone
mongolo.
I
believe
we
have
another
question
on
this
budget
from
senator
donderolu.
B
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
justice,
hardesty
to
you
and
your
staff.
I
was
just
wondering
when
you
talked
about
the
staff
attorney's
advisor
supervisory
duties.
Would
those
change
with
this
recommendation
and
what
benefits
would
be
gained
from
that
additional
level
of
supervision
among
the
staff.
C
Well,
you
would
have
an
attorney
who
is
more
experienced,
providing
supervision
with
the
other
staff
attorneys.
C
Really,
I'm
sorry
as
jim
hardesty.
It
relates
to
the
experience
of
the
lawyer
handling
these
cases
and
many
times
like
many
professions.
Lawyers
need
guidance,
younger
lawyers
need
more
guidance,
and
so
that's
what
we're
trying
to
accomplish.
A
Thank
you
senator
and
thank
you
justice
hardesty.
I
think
we
can
move
on
to
the
next
budget.
C
Okay,
the
next
slide
relates
to
judicial
elected
officials
and
essentially
that
budget
account
is,
is
the
salary
costs
for
do?
Do
we
have
the
slide
up,
mr
j?
I
think
they
have
the
kids,
I
don't
think
chaired
us
anyway.
We
do
not
have
the.
C
There
we
go,
that
would
be
the
next
slide
yeah
we
see
it.
Thank
you,
okay.
So
the
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
the
55
of
the
general
fund
funding
for
the
nevada
supreme
court
is
the
are
the
salaries
and
of
the
seven
supreme
court
justices.
Three
court
of
appeals,
judges
and
the
90
district
court
judges.
C
We,
the
budget,
reflects
what
that
compensation
is
as
authorized
by
the
current
statutory
configuration
for
compensation
to
judges.
This
slide
includes
a
reference
to
senate
bill
3.
C
A
No
questions
we'll
save
that
for
the
committee
meeting
on
that
bill.
If,
when.
C
All
right,
thank
you,
mr
chair.
The
law
library
is
one
of
four
public
law.
Libraries
in
the
in
the
state,
mr
sowers,
is
the
law.
Librarian
he's
an
extraordinary
librarian
with
a
terrific
staff.
C
These
reclassifications
will
allow
more
of
the
collection
of
the
library
to
go
to
digital
research.
As
you
know,
there
is
a
of
course,
a
trend
in
that
direction
and
would
also
facilitate
more
outreach,
that's
being
performed
to
educate
potential
library,
users
on
the
library's
offerings
and
services
and
once
again,
those
changes
in
services
warrant.
In
our
judgment,
reclassification
of
those
two
librarian
positions
to
accomplish
those
objectives,
the
replacement
equipment
is
just
the
routine
computer
replacement
that
we
use.
C
C
Most
of
the
enhancements
that
are
listed
here
are
except
one,
are
it
related?
So
I'm
going
to
ask
mr
stephanie
to
comment
on
those
and
then
I'll
circle
back
on
e605.
D
D
D
We're
trying
to
move
everything
away
from
paper
accounting
has
moved
all
of
their
stuff
away
from
paper,
which
is
great
and
so
hr
is
moving
that
way
and
all
of
our
other
departments
are
moving
that
way
as
well.
So
I
t
training
the
on-base
conference.
I
we
have
two
developers
on
site
that
are
certified
and
on
base
to
be
able
to
program
with
their
application
interfaces,
we
have
to
maintain
that
certification,
so
they
are
required
to
attend
a
conference
every
two
years.
D
C
This
is
an
analyst
position,
the
it's
it's
been
it's
being
held
vacant
until
january
23,
in
order
to
save
administrative
assessment
costs
or
because
of
the
reduction
of
administrative
assessment
revenue.
C
This
is
a
position
that
is
important
to
the
court,
to
conduct
data
analysis
and
provide
support
for
various
committees
and
commissions
that
the
court
establishes
to
make
improvements
to
the
judicial
system.
As
an
example,
the
court
just
completed
a
two-year
analysis
of
the
rules
of
criminal
procedure
and,
for
the
first
time
adopted
a
set
of
rules
of
criminal
procedure
that
are
applicable
to
every
district
court
in
the
state.
C
This
is
a
huge
step
forward
for
our
state,
as
we
consider
how
matters
are
handled
in
the
district
courts
around
the
state
that
adjudicate
eight
engineer,
decisions,
water
law
and
water
rights,
but
because
of
the
lack
of
staff
support,
I
had
requested,
assuming
that
the
commission
is
approved
by
the
supreme
court,
that
the
state
engineer's
office
helped
provide
the
staff
support
for
that
commission
if
it
goes
forward.
C
D
C
C
We
continued
from
the
special
session
cuts
that
were
made
that
we
did
not
restore,
and
if
we
had
the
funds,
there
would
certainly
be
other
priorities
that
we
would
like
to
be
able
to
assess
now
whether
this
particular
position
would
be
higher
than
some
other
priorities.
We'd
like
to
restore
that
is
subject
to
the
justice's
discussions.
C
Unless
there's
another
question,
mr
chairman,
I'll
move
on
to
judicial
programs
and
services,
thank
you
please
do
this.
Budget
too,
has
a
reclassification
of
an
individual
from
assess
administrative
assistant,
two
to
administrative
assessment,
three
and
court
research
analyst
one
to
court
research
analyst
two:
these
are
not
substantial
dollar
amounts,
but
they
are
certainly
important
to
the
people
who
are
performing
these
functions
and
there
and
the
kinds
of
tasks
that
they
can
undertake
the
replacement
equipment.
E710
is
along
the
lines
of
what
mr
stephanie
has
reported
in
previous
conversations.
C
These
are
routine
computer
or
equipment
replacement
in
their
in
this
budget
account
for
these
staff.
C
If,
unless
there
are
questions
about
that
budget
account
I'll
turn
to
the
uniform
system
of
judicial
records,
please
do
this.
Is
jim
hardis
defense
record
under
this
account,
as
you
can
see,
almost
all
of
the
enhancements
relate
to
I.t
work.
This
is
another
issue.
Have
an
example
of
what
mr
dennis
was
asked.
Senator
dennis.
Excuse
me
was
asking
questions
about
concerning
the
guy.
Just
I'll.
Ask
mr
stephanie
to
go
through
these
five.
D
D
This
piece
of
software
is
to
replace
a
service.
We
have
a
piece
of
software
called
phonetree
that
takes
data
out
of
the
database
for
for
the
trial
courts
and
calls
the
defendants
or
the
people
who
need
to
come,
come
before
the
court
and
to
remind
them
of
their
appointments.
This
software
is
no
longer
supported,
so
the
new
software
will
not
only
it
could
call
like
a
text
to
get
email
so
that
that's
a
definite
must
e-227.
D
The
crystal
server
licenses
is
to
increase
the
number
of
users
that
could
be
running
reports
at
the
same
time.
Currently
we
have
outside
courts
that,
if
somebody's
running
a
report,
they
need
to
wait
until
somebody.
The
next
person
needs
to
wait
until
somebody
else
gets
off
before
they
can
run
a
report,
macgy's
j,
worst
load
balancer.
D
We
anticipate
a
large
increase
in
the
traffic
through
machis,
so
we're
going
to
need
to
put
a
load
balancer
in
front
with
multiple
application
servers
behind
it
to
be
able
to
handle
that
traffic
machine's
warrants
and
warrant
clears.
Currently,
the
magaya
system
is
set
up
to
do
warrants
only
with
one
partner.
That
partner
is
cci,
just
which
is
clark
county.
C
C
The
only
enhancement
in
this
particular
budget
account
is
for
routine
computer
replacement.
C
I
just
would
identify
this
is
this
particular
account
is
an
area
in
which
significant
cuts
were
made
in
response
to
the
pandemic
and
prior
to
the
special
session,
and
it
has
tran.
We
have
transitioned,
almost
all
or
not,
almost
all,
of
the
judicial
education
to
virtual
education.
C
C
We
have
not
permitted
out-of-state
travel
and
in-state
travel
has
been
very
limited
for
during
the
course
of
the
pandemic
and
will
continue
to
be
limited,
at
least
through
the
end
of
this
fiscal
year.
So
I
don't
know
if
there's
any
questions
about
this
budget
account,
but
the
enhancements
are
primarily
computer
replacement
equipment.
C
The
next
area
is
specialty
course,
mr
chairman,
if,
unless
there
are
questions
about
judicial
education
of
specialty
courts,
again
they're,
the
court
was
finally
able
to
obtain
a
statewide
coordinator
for
all
of
the
specialty
courts.
We're
trying
to
improve
significantly
the
administration
and
coordination
of
the
multiple
specialty
courts
that
exist
around
the
state
and
develop
uniform
approaches
to
a
number
of
aspects
of
specialty
court,
including
admittance
requirements
and
and
the
like
that
lead
to
substance,
abuse.
Success.
C
In
this
particular
area,
there
is
a
need
to
have
our
statewide
coordinator
go
to
various
specialty
courts
around
the
state
in
order
to
converse
with
the
judges
and
staff
who
are
operating,
61
programs
statewide
and
there's
a
small
amount
of
replacement
equipment
for
a
routine
computer
replacement
identified
in
this
budget.
C
Jim
hardesty
for
the
record,
these
are
accounts
1496,
1493
and
1491..
They
cover
the
senior
justice
and
senior
judge
program.
C
These
are
funds
that
allow
for
judges
to
fill
in
when
judges
are
sitting
elected
district
court
judges
are
either
vacant
because
of
illness
or
an
upcoming
vacation.
In
our
situation
in
nevada,
we
have
26
plus
new
judges
elected
recently.
C
C
C
We
help
fund
his
travel
and
others
to
be
able
to
perform
those
functions
in
this
budget
account
as
well
as
enter
into
contracts.
We
recently
had
a
study
that
was
conducted
by
the
national
council
of
juvenile
and
family
court.
Judges
funded
out
of
this
account
studied
the
study,
the
effectiveness
and
the
compliance
of
family
courts
with
the
original
statutory
expectations
for
family
courts,
and
that
report
is
available
on
our
website.
If
anybody
is
interested
in
looking
at
it
and
the
last
is
judicial
retirement,
this
is
the
system
state
share
that
is
covering
the
district
court.
C
I
want
to
go
over
these
three.
The
first
is
e-230,
it's
a
statewide
case
management
system
for
those
of
you
who
have
been
in
the
legislature
for
a
while
you've
heard
me
talk
about
and
our
the
court
talk
about
the
j
works
system.
This
is
a
replacement
case
management
system
that
we've
been
working
on
since
about
2013.
C
Dissatisfied
with
the
vendors
progress
we
undertook
arbitration,
we
called
a
halt
to
it.
In
effect,
we
all
declared
a
breach
in
sued
him
and
as
a
result
of
that
effort,
we
engaged
in
settlement
negotiations
that
put
the
project
back
online
in
those
negotiations
have
continued.
Frankly,
up
until
last
week,
I'm
happy
to
report
that
we've
made
great
progress
in
this
regard.
I
think
we're
going
to
get
some
compensation
return
to
us
as
a
result
of
those
negotiations.
C
We
now
have
a
new
timeline
for
the
fulfillment
of
their
obligations.
We
should
know
by
may
if
this
is
working
out
as
planned,
and
if
it
does,
this
e-230
unit
will
not
be
needed
on
our
one-shot
list
under
e-235.
C
You
may
recall
that
the
legislature
approved
funding
for
a
feasibility
study
for
statewide
e-filing.
This
is
a
big
deal.
We've
got
a
lot
of
groups
in
our
state
that
do
not
have
filing
capabilities
and,
as
a
result
of
the
study,
we
would
like
to
begin,
if
possible,
the
implementation
of
an
e-filing
system
throughout
our
state.
C
C
This
is
about
231
thousand
dollars
and
it
replaces
aging
I.t
infrastructure
and
keeps
older
equipment
as
a
backup.
We
very
much
would
like
to
consider
that
a
priority
if
funds
are
available
to
be
able
to
accomplish
that
objective,
when
the
legislature
is
considering
the
possibility
of
one-shot
funding
unless
there
are
any
questions
about
those
items.
Mr
chairman,
I
think
that
concludes
our
presentation.
Obviously,
the
court
staff
are
available
to
answer
any
additional
questions
that
the
committee
may
have
of
us
today.
A
Thank
you,
justice
hardesty.
I
do
not
see.
Oh
actually,
I
do
we.
I
have
a
question
from
assemblywomantools.
B
Yes,
thank
you
so
much
chair
and
thank
you
for
all
of
that
information.
So
many
different
accounts
that
we
covered
today
appreciate
it.
So
I
just
have
two
maybe
overarching
questions
for
future
follow-up,
and
that
would
be.
We
talked
a
lot
about
some
technological
and
system
enhancements
and
woven
throughout.
B
This
presentation
was
explanations
about
how
they
were
necessary
because
we
had
to
be
able
to
coordinate
with
other
enhancements
technological
enhancements
in
other
divisions,
and
they
have
to
be
able
to
communicate,
but
there
was
also
some
implied
savings
that
are
involved
with
those
technological
enhancements,
and
I
just
wondered
if
there's
some
way
to
quantify
what
we
anticipate.
Some
of
the
savings
are
by
because
we're
investing
in
some
enhancements,
but
there's
also
a
reduction.
C
A
Thank
you
and
assemblywoman
titus.
Do
you
have
a
question
as.
B
Well,
thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
justice
for
your
information
and
all
that
you're
doing
for
the
state.
Just
it's
a
quick
question
really
along
the
same
lines
of
sending
women
tolls
about
the
federal
funds.
Did
our
justice
department
get
any
federal
funds
from
the
karzak
money
or
anything
for
this
cobit
pandemic?.
C
This
is
jim
harnessy.
I
think
the
answer
assemblywoman
is
yes
and
no,
we
are
being
reimbursed
for
some
of
our
covet
related
administrative
time.
I
think
that
mr
miller
can
speak
to
that
directly.
We
haven't
received
any
direct
covet
funding
funding
to
the
court.
C
The
federal
dollars
that
you
see
there
is
the
court
improvement
project
which
is
funded
for
the
purpose
of
helping
promote
the
various
children
efforts
that
exist
throughout
the
state
and
helps
fund
the
coordinator
for
those
activities.
B
Well,
how
much
did
you
get
then
for
cobit
related
items,
todd
miller
manager
of
budgets
for
the
record
in
fiscal
year,
20
we
received
across
all
of
our
budget
accounts
just
over
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
reimbursement
for
covert
administrative
time,
as
well
as
purchases
of
ppe
and
such
this
fiscal
year
we
have
received
reimbursement.
B
I
believe
it
was
about
140
000.
So
far
we
are
still
tracking
all
of
our
expenses
and
recouping
those
dollars
we
just
received
payment.
Last
last
week
on
that
from
the
governor's
finance
office,
I
would
have
to
get
an
exact
dollar
amount
to
you
right
all
right.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
sir,
and
thank
you
for
the
question
mr
chair.
A
Thank
you,
and
I
I
with
that.
I
don't
see
any
any
further
questions
for
the
judicial
branch
and
budgets
and
I
really
think
I
would
like
to
thank
justice,
hardesty
and
your
entire
staff
for
a
very
efficient,
yet
thorough
presentation
of
your
budgets
this
morning
and
as
well
as
for
all
that
you
do
for,
for
the
state
of
nevada
and
helping.
A
Great
next
up,
we
have
the
commission
on
judicial
discipline
and
director
daily.
If
you
are
available
to
begin
your
presentation,
I
appreciate
it.
E
Good
morning,
mr
chairman
and
chair
carlton
committee
members
for
the
record,
I
am
paul
dyla,
I'm
the
executive
director
and
general
counsel
of
the
commission
on
judicial
discipline.
I
am
also
the
executive
director
of
the
standing
committee
on
judicial
ethics.
Thank
you
and
the
committees
for
the
opportunity
to
present
the
commission's
budget.
E
I
am
accompanied
by
valerie
carter,
our
management
analyst,
for
the
record.
I
have
provided
the
committees
with
a
copy
of
the
commission's
outline
of
its
but
of
our
budget
presentation,
as
well
as
a
justification
memo
dated
august
17
2020,
which
goes
into
detail
into
the
commission's
critical
need
of
an
additional
attorney.
E
As
you
know,
the
commission
is
one
of
the
smallest
agencies
in
the
state
with
limited
resources
and
staff,
and
we
are,
as
all
other
agencies
in
the
state
facing
many
challenges.
So
I
I
would
like
to
say
thank
you
to
the
legislature
for
its
strong
past
support
of
the
commission
commission's
budgetary
needs
in
assisting
the
commission
in
carrying
out
its
constitutional
and
statutory
mandates
and
protecting
the
public
by
means
of
enforcing
the
code
of
judicial
conduct.
E
I'll
briefly
discuss
the
challenges
facing
the
commission
and,
of
course,
if
you
have
any
questions,
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
answer
them.
Clearly,
we've
seen
a
significant
increase
in
the
number
of
judicial
complaints
filed
with
the
commission
in
fiscal
year
2020
we
received
215
complaints.
E
We've
also
had
21
investigations,
which
clearly
increased
increases,
costs,
staff,
time
and
resources
to
process,
there's
also
also
facing
insufficient
funding
to
continue
investigations
and
and
prosecution
of
complaints.
E
As
you
know,
the
commission
has
been
in
a
situation
over
the
last
three
fiscal
years,
where
we've
had
to
request
contingency
funds
from
the
boe
and
ifc,
as
well
as
supplemental
appropriation
requests.
In
fact,
we
may
have
to
submit
a
supplemental
appropriation
request
in
this
session,
we're
not
sure
yet,
but
due
to
the
nature
of
our
work,
it
is
very
unpredictable.
E
So
we
may
have
to
do
that
and
we
do
lack
staff
to
address
this
increase
in
the
complaints
received
by
the
commission
as
well
as
to
address
and
defend
increases
in
legal
disputes
brought
against
the
commission.
So
I
will
go
into
a
little
bit
more
detail
on
the
commission's
request
for
an
additional
attorney
before
I
do
so.
I
wasn't
going
to
address
our
changes
to
the
base
budget,
which
are
pretty
minor,
but
I
did
want
to
point
out
for
the
record
that,
with
respect
to
category
3,
our
travel
account
due
to
the
pandemic.
E
The
commission's
hearings
and
meetings
were
cancelled
and
that
amounted
to
14
606
dollars.
So
this
amount
includes
an
inadvertent
reduction
of
eight
thousand
nine
hundred
and
forty
six
dollars
in
the
final
adjustment.
So
I
just
just
wanted
to
point
that
out
for
the
record
and
that
we
are
asking
that
to
be
added
back
into
the
commission's
base
budget.
E
E
We
also
deal
with
independent
or
utilize
independent
investigators
and
though
they
too
are
not
employees
and
we
have
to
pay
them
per
hour.
So
having
an
additional
attorney
in
the
office
will
is,
it
is
multifaceted
in
in
what
we
need
in
that
they
can
work
with
the
investigators
who
are
not
experts
in
judicial
discipline.
E
They
don't
they
have
their
own
business,
they
investigate
not
just
to
the
judicial
discipline
commission,
but
they
have
their
own
businesses
and
are
independent
contractors,
as
I
noted,
and
so
the
this
attorney
would
work
with
these
these
investigators
and
keep
them
on
track
and
also
which
is
very
important
because,
as
the
case
goes
forward
in
the
judicial
discipline
process,
once
it
gets
to
the
point
of
a
formal
complaint
and
we
have
to
hire
a
prosecuting
officer,
we're
paying
the
prosecuting
officers
a
lot
more
per
hour
than
we
are
investigators.
E
Judicial
discipline
commission
work
that,
in
the
past,
we've
had
to
reinvestigate
witnesses
investigate
addition
interview
additional
witnesses,
as
the
prosecuting
officer
is
preparing
for
trial
and
over
the
over
the
last
several
years.
That
has
really
added
to
significantly
to
the
costs
of
the
commission
and
the
reasons
behind
the
commission
having
to
request
contingency
funds
multiple
times.
E
So
in
addition
to
that,
the
investigate
the
attorney,
the
additional
attorney
would
work
on
the
commission
case
load
which,
as
you
know,
is
increasing
year
by
year
and
also
help
defend
against
various
ritz
appeals,
etc
that
are
filed
with
the
supreme
court.
You
know
we
don't
have
any.
I
it's
very
unpredictable
for
the
commission
to
forecast
how
many
rits
are
going
to
be
filed
against
the
commission.
E
So
as
a
law
office
as
a
legal
office,
it's
we
have
to
when
that
is
done.
We
have
to
hire
or
engage
those
off
the
prosecuting
officers
and
it's
significant
amount
of
work.
So
having
that
additional
attorney
would
also
help
defend
against
those
cases,
and
it's
not
just
judicial
discipline
cases.
As
you
know,
anybody
any
member
of
the
public
can
file
a
red
against
the
commission,
which
would
have
to
be
defended.
E
So
it's
just
very,
very
difficult
to
predict
and
forecast
what
kind
of
expenses
and
resources
we
need
in
any
given
case,
for
example,
we're
not
going
to
mention
the
case,
but
we
are
involved
in
one
case
that
has
exhausted
close
to
80
percent
of
our
operating
budget,
and
that
is
the
reason.
That's
just
one
case
and
another
case,
two
three
four
cases
and
we'll
be
before
the
ifc
every
month,
so
very
difficult,
very
challenging
to
to
predict
those
costs.
So
this
investigative
attorney
is
is
a
critical
need
for
the
commission.
E
The
additional
enhancement
requests
relate
to
three
state
issued
cell
phones
for
employees
and,
if
you
recall
last
session
2019,
we
were
approved
for
two
state
issued
cell
phones
for
the
attorneys
in
the
office
you're
two
attorneys
in
the
office
and
we're
requesting
three
additional
phones
for
staff
for
a
number
of
reasons,
one
of
which,
as
you
know,
many
staff
around
the
state
are
working
from
home
and
it
will
allow
them
to
communicate
with
with
judges
that
call
the
office,
the
press,
as
well
as
complainants
and
and
others
in
the
public,
and
they
would
prefer
not
to
use
their
cell
phones
in
doing
so.
E
Some
of
the
people
that
call
the
office
are,
I
would
say,
aggressive
and
make
threats
against
staff
etc.
So
I
think
you
can
imagine
you
can
imagine
staff
members
are
uncomfortable,
calling
them
back
on
cell
phones.
It
also
enables
the
commission
to
if
the
virus
continues
or
there's
an
additional
virus
in
the
future
that
we're
we're
primed
for
being
productive
and
from
working
from
home,
which
we've
been
we've
been
able
to
do.
Thankfully,.
E
It's
a
brief
presentation.
I
am
concluded
my
presentation
and
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
have.
A
I
appreciate
it
director
daila,
we
do
have
a
couple
of
questions.
I
I
have
a
couple
of
questions,
but
I
also
know
that.
B
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
I
apologize.
I
did
not
realize
I
had
turned
off
my
video
earlier,
so
I
have
been
here
so
I
guess
I'd
like
to
ask
about
the
supplemental.
Of
course.
B
E
Yes,
chair
calls
from
thank
you
paul
dylan,
for
the
record.
We
don't
have
any
particular.
E
We
don't
know
at
this
point,
we're
hoping
we
we
don't
have
to,
and
I
know
that
doesn't
provide
a
lot
of
comfort,
but
I
believe
you
know
we.
We
have
received
ifc
funds
recently
and
I
think,
there's
a
work
program
that
is
on
the
next
ifc
agenda,
so
we're
hoping
that
that
will
take
us
to
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year.
E
As
I
said,
I'm
hoping
we
don't
have
to
do
a
supplemental
appropriation
at
this
point
we
won't
have
to,
but
if
another
it
is
filed
with
the
commission
unexpectedly,
then
that
would
change
the
scenario
and
as
far
as
amounts
potential
amounts,
I
would
say
anywhere
between
forty
fifty
thousand
thousand
dollars
potentially
just
depends
upon.
E
What's
filed
with
the
commission.
Okay.
B
All
right
well,
thank
you!
That's
not
as
many
zeros
as
I
was
afraid
of,
so
thank
you
very
much,
but
do
let
us
know
so
that
we
can
plan.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
chair
carlton.
We
do
have
a
question
from
assemblywoman
tolls
as
well.
B
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thanks
for
that
presentation
and
the
work
you
do
given
the
restrictions
that
you
face
and
the
challenges
you
face.
You
said
that
you
have
215
complaints
and
21
were
investigated,
just
wondering
how
do
you
decide
which
ones
to
investigate?
What's
going
to
happen
to
the
other
194?
B
Is
there?
Is
it
a
threshold
and
some
of
them
just
don't
get
investigated,
or
is
that
a
backlog
of
194
complaints
that
are
still
waiting
to
be
addressed?.
E
Oh,
thank
you.
Paul
dylan,
for
the
record
over
90
percent
of
the
commission's
complaints
are
dismissed
on
jurisdictional
grounds
and
that
percentage
is
the
same
throughout
the
country
with
every
judicial
discipline
commission.
So
the
commission
does
not
have,
with
the
exception
of
certain
enumerated
exceptions,
jurisdiction
to
move
forward
in
the
complaint
process
on
decisional
matters.
So
you
know
the
judge
makes
a
discretionary
decision.
E
A
Thank
you,
director,
dylan.
I
I
have
just
a
couple
of
questions
regarding
the
new
position
that
you're
suggesting
and
you've
explained
how
it
will
protect
the
off
the
operation
and
make
it
more
efficient
and
some
of
those
efficiencies.
A
Do
you
think
it's
going
to
actually
lessen
your
dependence
on
on
contractors
and
and
investigators
and
special
prosecutors,
or
just
make
them
better,
you
think
there'll
be
a
reduction
in
your
contracts
is
what
I'm
getting
at.
E
Thank
you,
paul
dylan,
for
the
record,
I
would
say
both
the
the
work
for
the
with
the
that
the
attorney
would
be
doing
would
be
pre-prosecuting
officer
when
we
engage
a
prosecuting
officer,
it's
typically
prior
to
formal
charges
being
filed.
That
is
the
beginning
of
the
public
process.
Before
formal
charges
are
filed,
that's
the
confidential
phase,
so
typically
prosecuting
officers
are
not
are
not
involved
in
the
confidential
phase.
E
E
Witnesses
to
be
interviewed
or
investigations
to
to
you
know
other
things
that
have
to
be
reinvestigated,
etc,
and
I'm
not
saying
that
that
has
that
happens
all
the
time,
but
it
is
difficult
for
a
an
investigator
who
is
not
an
not
a
lawyer
and
is
not
an
expert
in
judicial
discipline
to
identify
various
things
during
the
investigation
that
may
rise
to
the
level
of
judicial
misconduct
where
an
attorney
would
so
that
part
of
it
will
save
a
lot
of
money
and
time.
On
the
back
end.
E
As
I
said,
the
prosecuting
officers
get
paid
more
per
hour
than
than
the
investigators
so
having
a
prosecuting
officer
when
he
or
she
gets
the
case
and
having
to
go
back
and
potentially
have
witnesses,
reinterviewed
or
other
things
going
on
it'll,
be
it
costs
a
lot
more
money
and,
of
course,
a
lot
more
time.
As
far
as
your
question,
whether
it
will
lessen
the
dependence
on
prosecuting
officers,
it
may
and
it
may
not.
E
It
just
depends
upon
the
number
of
cases
that
we're
dealing
with
under
law
when
formal
charges
are
filed,
the
prosecuting
officer
files,
those
charges
and
prosecutes
the
case.
So
the
time
that
the
prosecuting
officers
are
serving
in
that
function
would
not
be
reduced
in
any
case,
but
certainly
the
time
they
utilize
and
bill
for
to
prepare
for
the
case
would
be
a
lot
less.
E
Also,
as
I
mentioned
ritz
that
are
filed
with
the
supreme
court
and
appeals
sometimes
and
and
we've
faced
this
this
this
session
or
in
the
last
year,
or
so
that
we're
running
out
of
funds-
and
you
know
I
can,
as
an
executive
director
as
you
know,
commit
funds
for
services
that
we
don't
have
authority
for
so
we're
faced
with
shutting
down
an
investigation,
shutting
down
a
prosecution
of
the
case,
which
becomes
very
problematic
because
the
statute
of
limitations,
concerns
and
other
issues
and
having
that
additional
attorney
to
assist
and
and
and
and
work
on
matters
would
lessen
the
chances
of
of
the
commission
having
to
stop
work
waiting
for
additional
ifc
funds.
A
E
Thank
you
paul
dylan
for
the
record.
Yes,
I
unfortunately
I
I
can't,
and
any
forecasts
would
blow
up
anyway,
if
you
know
one
or
two
cases
we're
dealing
with
one
or
two
three
or
four
cases,
as
opposed
to
one.
As
I
said
earlier,
you
know,
one
case
has
exhausted
80
percent
of
our
budget
operating
budget,
and
that's
you
know
that's
very
concerning.
E
I
also
wanted
to
reiterate,
and
I
believe
that
all
the
committee
members
have
received
the
copy
of
the
commission's
justification
memo
dated
august
17th
2020,
where
I
go
into
quite
a
bit
of
detail
of
of
our
our
needs
for
an
attorney.
So
I
can.
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
was
that
was
part
of
the
record.
A
We
have
thank
you.
Thank
you,
sir.
I
have
another
question
and-
and
it's
really
about
the
new
position
as
well,
but
the
building
you
know
so
if,
if
this
position
is,
is
approved,
what's
your
plan
about
moving
to
a
new
location
which
you're
stating
you
need
more
room
for
to
support
this
position,
if
you're
in
you're,
in
because
it
seems
like
you're
in
a
current
lease
agreement
through
august
31st
of
2025.,
what's
the
plan
to
get
out
of
that
lease,
I
guess.
E
Thank
you
paul
dylan,
for
the
record.
Certainly,
if
we
are
approved
with
a
new
attorney,
we
would
have
to
find
a
space
you're
correct
in
that
we
are
in
the
lease
for
a
couple
more
years,
and
you
know
we
would
look
into
having
additional
space
in
office
space
in
the
building
that
we're
currently
residing.
E
We
reside
in
a
building
with
the
governor's
office
of
economic
development,
goed
and
there's
also
additional
buildings
nearby,
that
we
may
be
able
to
rent
an
office
space
in
the
meantime
or
just
bring
in
another
desk
into
our
office
here,
which
wouldn't
be
wouldn't
be
our
first
choice,
but
if
we
had
to,
we
would
certainly
do
that
in
the
meantime,.
A
Well,
thank
you
director
daila.
I
appreciate
it.
I
don't
see
any
other
questions
from
any
other
committee
members
regarding
this
office
and-
and
I
appreciate
your
presentation
today
and
and
appreciate
what
you
do
for
the
state
and
I
think
with
that
we
can.
We
can
move
on
to
the
next
agenda
item.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Director
appreciate
have
a
a
good
day.
Thank
you.
A
The
our
next
agenda
item
would
be
public
comment
and
I
ask
that
broadcast
services,
please
open
the
public
comment
line
and
and
let's
leave
it
open
for
a
little
bit
and
see
if
we
have
any
public
who
want
to
comment
today
on
on
this
hearing.
B
A
Broadcast
services
do
we
have
any
callers
on
the
public
comment
line.