County Attorney 2016 Budget Presentation

County Attorney – What We Do 2016 Proposed - $1,704,629 A 4.22% increase over 2014 Budget of $1,635,556 Criminal Prosecution: Prosecution of all criminal matters in District, Justice and Juvenile Courts (UCA Title 17, Chapter18a, Part 4) Civil Legal Services: Provides full range of legal services and lawsuit defense for the County and its dependent local districts (UCA Title 17, Chapter 18a, Part 5; UCA 17-18a-603) Victim Advocacy: Provides services to victims of crime, including the obtaining of stalking injunctions (UCA 77-38-1 thru 14) Children's Justice Center: Provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary, intergovernmental response to sexual abuse of children, physical abuse of children and other crimes involving children (UCA Title 67, Chapter 5b)

District Court Filings

Outstanding Civil Cases

Justice Court Filings Filing numbers for 2015 were projected by extending the average filings to date through the end of the year.

S.W.O.T. Analysis of ATTORNEY Strengths High success - criminal conviction (90%) & civil litigation (80%) Victim services - Victim Advocate and Children's Justice Center Civil – Highly experienced Criminal – Cooperative justice Criminal Division is completely paperless. Weaknesses Lack of sufficient training in specialized legal fields (white collar crime; bonding) Lack of full-time CJC staffing with loss of investigator time Opportunities Civil Division continues to move toward a paperless office using BOX. Facilitation of the Open Records Portal (GRAMA) Provision of Open Meetings Act training for all boards and commissions Threats Upward mobility potential for staff and attorneys Lack of training for the Victim Advocate and CJC Criminal Division office space limitations Inadequate funding for CLE training

Personnel Trend Staffing levels remain level for 2016.

Budget Analysis – Attorney Increases over 2015 reflects change in staff salary and benefits costs Difference between Request and Manager Recommendation is largely in reduction of training as well as the professional/technical categories