1. County Attorney 2016 Budget Presentation

2. 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 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)

3. District Court Filings

4. Outstanding Civil Cases

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

6. 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

7. Personnel Trend
Staffing levels remain level for 2016.

8. 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