AN EXTRAORDINARY BUDGET CHALLENGE FLORIDA CLERK OF COURTS

INGREDIENTS OF THE PERFECT BUDGETING STORM Deficiencies in Funding Model Diversion of Revenues to Florida’s General Fund New Requirements Including Redaction and Electronic Access to Court Records Revenue Generating Cases Declining while Workload is Constant Decline in Appropriations for 6 Years Service Level Requirements Remain Constant We Do Not Collect the Data to Fully Understand the Variability in our Revenues or Expenses.

Gadsden Franklin Orange Pinellas Sumter Highlands Suwannee Liberty Osceola Manatee Palm Beach Broward Indian River Gilchrist Bay Hardee Leon Washington Nassau Madison Collier Lake Okeechobee DeSoto St. Johns Baker Alachua Sarasota Hendry Miami-Dade Volusia Lafayette Charlotte Seminole Hillsborough Jefferson Gulf Hernando Flagler Bradford Union Dixie Holmes Okaloosa Brevard Monroe Polk Hamilton St. Lucie Walton Calhoun Lee Marion Pasco Citrus Wakulla Columbia Putnam Jackson Martin Levy Santa Rosa Duval Glades Clay Taylor Escambia Surplus Counties Funded Counties WHY SHOULD SURPLUS COUNTIES CONTRIBUTE TO STATEWIDE OPERATIONS?

CLERK OPERATIONS IN LIBERTY COUNTY IMPACT MIAMI-DADE Provision of High Quality Services that Continually Evolve with Citizen’s Needs is Vital to the Success of All Florida Clerk’s Substandard Services in any County will Reflect on Every Florida Clerk Challenges Ahead will Require Concerted Effort and a Strong Network of Clerk’s to Resolve Evolving Issues while Continuing to Achieve at High Levels We are Part of a System and have a Joint Destiny

FACTORS DRIVING REVENUES DO NOT CORRELATE TO POPULATION OR THE COST OF OPERATIONS Revenues are Driven by a Multitude of Factors Besides Cases. Many of which Do Not Translate into Increased or Decreased Costs of Operations Poverty Rates and Ability of Citizens to Pay Court Costs Number of Traffic Citations Level of Incorporation Crime Rate in Counties Type of Commerce that is Most Prevalent Rural or Suburban Areas Existence of Interstates, Highways Judicial Support for Collection Activities

Gadsden Franklin Orange Pinellas Sumter Highlands Suwannee Liberty Osceola Manatee Palm Beach Broward Indian River Gilchrist Bay Hardee Leon Washington Nassau Madison Collier Lake Okeechobee DeSoto St. Johns Baker Alachua Sarasota Hendry Miami-Dade Volusia Lafayette Charlotte Seminole Hillsborough Jefferson Gulf Hernando Flagler Bradford Union Dixie Holmes Okaloosa Brevard Monroe Polk Hamilton St. Lucie Walton Calhoun Lee Marion Pasco Citrus Wakulla Columbia Putnam Jackson Martin Levy Santa Rosa Duval Glades Clay Taylor Escambia Green Light GreenNational Rate Pink Red __________|_______________|______|______|______________|___________ Poverty Rate in Florida Counties

County Surplus or Funded County Poverty Rate SeminoleSurplus7.40% SarasotaSurplus7.80% LakeSurplus9.60% ManateeSurplus10.10% CollierSurplus10.30% OsceolaSurplus11.50% MarionFunded13.10% St. LucieFunded13.40% EscambiaFunded15.40% LeonFunded18.20% AlachuaFunded22.80% PEER GROUP FOUR CORRELATION OF POVERTY RATE TO SURPLUS CLERKS

PEER GROUP FOUR CORRELATION OF POVERTY RATE TO FILLING FEE REVENUE Filling Fee RevenuePoverty Rate Per Capita County Surplus or Funded County Filling Fees Revenue 2014 Calendar Year Rank by Filling Fee Revenue Rank by Lowest Poverty Rate Poverty Rate Rank by Highest Filling Fee Per Capita SeminoleSurplus$2,225, %8 SarasotaSurplus$2,103, %5 OsceolaSurplus$2,042, %1 CollierSurplus$1,881, %4 ManateeSurplus$1,747, %6 EscambiaFunded$1,746, %2 MarionFunded$1,726, %7 St. LucieFunded$1,597, %3 LakeSurplus$1,481, %10 AlachuaFunded$1,253, %9 LeonFunded$1,235, %11

PEER GROUP FOUR CORRELATION OF TEN PERCENT FUNDING PER CAPITA TO SURPLUS OR FUNDED County 10% Collections Fiscal Year 2014 Surplus or Funded County Population 10% Fine Collections Per Capita Alachua$457,348Funded 250, Seminole$655,098Surplus 387, Sarasota$396,502Surplus 282, Collier$409,727Surplus 336, Osceola$356,582Surplus 295, Lake$358,966Surplus 309, Marion$347,826Funded 337, St. Lucie$438,437Funded 437, Escambia$272,449Funded 303, Manatee$300,413Surplus 339, Leon$243,751Funded 281,

Fine Revenues Citations County Surplus or Funded County 2014 Calendar Year Fine Revenue Rank Fine Revenue Rank Traffic Citations Total Traffic Citations Calendar Year 2014 SeminoleSurplus$3,342, ,884 OsceolaSurplus$2,115, ,863 CollierSurplus$1,966, ,876 St. LucieFunded$1,684, ,565 MarionFunded$1,575, ,262 SarasotaSurplus$1,407, ,769 LakeSurplus$1,229, ,286 EscambiaFunded$1,091, ,795 LeonFunded$983, ,347 ManateeSurplus$842, ,304 AlachuaFunded$764, ,954 PEER GROUP FOUR CORRELATION OF TRAFFIC CITATIONS TO FINE REVENUE

County Surplus or Funded County Crime Index Rate Per 100,000 LeonFunded 5,050 EscambiaFunded 4,761 AlachuaFunded 3,626 ManateeSurplus 3,446 OsceolaSurplus 3,212 SeminoleSurplus 2,632 SarasotaSurplus 2,603 LakeSurplus 2,568 St. LucieFunded 2,491 MarionFunded 2,473 CollierSurplus 1,777 Florida 3,451 PEER GROUP FOUR CORRELATION BETWEEN CRIME INDEX AND FUNDED COUNTIES

County Surplus or Funded County Non Taxable Property Rate CollierSurplus12.14% ManateeSurplus17.53% SarasotaSurplus18.62% SeminoleSurplus21.23% OsceolaSurplus24.32% St. LucieFunded26.78% LakeSurplus27.67% MarionFunded30.96% EscambiaFunded39.79% LeonFunded43.00% AlachuaFunded47.10% PEER GROUP FOUR CORRELATION OF NON-TAXABLE PROPERTY TO FUNDED OR SURPLUS

In General, This is Not the Case In Fact, Funded Counties are Operating More Efficiently in Many Cases Per FTE Efficiency Measures for Funded Counties are Comparable and Often Lower than Surplus Counties Efficiency Measures Based upon Population Result in Lower Rankings for the Smaller Funded Counties Due to Economies of Scale ARE FUNDED COUNTIES LESS EFFICIENT?

County Surplus or Funded County Number Court of FTE’s Average Compensation Per FTE CollierSurplus110 $ 62,402 LakeSurplus116 $ 59,873 EscambiaFunded119 $ 59,360 ManateeSurplus109 $ 57,276 OsceolaSurplus131 $ 53,816 St. LucieFunded127 $ 52,899 LeonFunded117 $ 51,156 SarasotaSurplus143 $ 51,120 SeminoleSurplus171 $ 50,190 MarionFunded134 $ 49,806 AlachuaFunded118 $ 47,719 PEER GROUP FOUR AVERAGE COMPENSATION PER FTE

County Surplus or Funded County Number of Court FTE Average Operating Costs per FTE Average Cost per FTE EscambiaFunded119 $ 10,259 $ 69,619 CollierSurplus193 $ 4,657 $ 67,059 LakeSurplus116 $ 2,850 $ 62,723 ManateeSurplus109 $ 4,348 $ 61,623 St. LucieFunded127 $ 6,492 $ 59,391 OsceolaSurplus131 $ 4,451 $ 58,267 SarasotaSurplus143 $ 5,218 $ 56,338 SeminoleSurplus171 $ 5,759 $ 55,949 LeonFunded117 $ 4,386 $ 55,542 AlachuaFunded118 $ 4,102 $ 51,821 MarionFunded134 $ 1,831 $ 51,637 PEER GROUP FOUR AVERAGE OPERATING COST

County Surplus or Funded County Number of Court FTE’sPopulation Court FTE per 10,000 Citizens AlachuaFunded118250, St. LucieFunded127282, OsceolaSurplus131295, LeonFunded117281, MarionFunded134337, EscambiaFunded119303, SeminoleSurplus171437, LakeSurplus116309, SarasotaSurplus143387, CollierSurplus110336, ManateeSurplus109339, PEER GROUP FOUR COURT EMPLOYEES PER CAPITA

PEER GROUP FOUR COURT FTE PER WEIGHTED WORKLOAD MEASURE County Funded or Surplus County Court FTE Per 100,000 Weighted Workload Measure Total Weighted Workload Measure Number of Court FTEs LakeSurplus , SeminoleSurplus , CollierSurplus , St. LucieFunded , AlachuaFunded , MarionFunded , LeonFunded , SarasotaSurplus , ManateeSurplus , EscambiaFunded , OsceolaSurplus ,643131

AN EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGE …………TO BE CONTINUED! While a Huge Undertaking, Further Consideration of the Factors Driving Revenues is the Most Important Challenge for Clerks Today