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PUBLIC HEARING

November 3, 2009. PUBLIC HEARING. ADKT No. 437 Report on the Status of the Budgets Under the Administration of the Supreme Court of Nevada Fiscal Year 2010. Deanna Bjork, Manager of Budgets. PURPOSE OF THE PRESENTATION.

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PUBLIC HEARING

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  1. November 3, 2009 PUBLIC HEARING ADKT No. 437 Report on the Status of the Budgets Under the Administration of the Supreme Court of Nevada Fiscal Year 2010 Deanna Bjork, Manager of Budgets

  2. PURPOSE OF THE PRESENTATION To provide the Supreme Court with information to determine whether the Court can continue to operate under the reduced budget without requiring furloughs in the second quarter of the fiscal year.

  3. BUDGETS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PRESENTATION • District Judges Salary • Elected officials are not subject to furloughs • No reductions were made to this budget by the Legislature • Budgets that do not fund any positions • Specialty Courts • Judicial Support and Governance • Judicial Selection • No reductions were made to these budgets by the Legislature

  4. BUDGETS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS PRESENTATION • Supreme Court • 7 elected officials, 89 employees • Reduced $353,834 by the Legislature • Senior Judge Program • 22 senior judges, 1 employee • Reduced $4,893 by the Legislature • Law Library • 6 employees • Reduced $21,527 by the Legislature • Administrative Office of the Courts • 31 employees • Reduced $97,849 by the Legislature • 2 new positions to meet demand of new program • Judicial Programs and Services • 10 employees • Reduced $34,126 by the Legislature • Uniform System of Judicial Records • 11 employees • Reduced $35,664 by the Legislature • Judicial Education • 6 employees • Reduced $18,970 by the Legislature • Foreclosure Mediation • New Program • AB 149 and AB 65 • 11 employees

  5. RECAP • The Legislature achieved savings from furloughs in the Supreme Court’s budgets by reducing the amount the Court budgeted for salaries by 4.6% prior to closing the budgets. • The Supreme Court is operating under the reduced budget. • If the Supreme Court is able to operate within the reduced budget, the imposition of furloughs would result in a doubling of the Legislature’s 4.6% budget reduction.

  6. RECAP CONT. • The Judicial Branch share of the statewide general fund appropriation was .77% in fiscal year 2009 or .24% if the salaries of elected officials are factored out. • The Judicial Branch budget in fiscal year 2010 totals $53,938,326; 47.07% of which is funded from a general fund appropriation. If we factor out the salaries of elected officials, which are exempt from the furlough requirement, the budget totals $35,703,653; 20% or $7,155,012 of which is funded from a general fund appropriation.

  7. STATUS OF THE BUDGETS • Revenue is projected to meet budgeted levels. • Savings have been identified that have offset the reductions made by the Legislature and will likely result in reversions to the general fund. • Reserve levels are sufficient in fee funded accounts.

  8. REVENUE LEVELS

  9. The Court’s ability to fund its budgeted expenditures, including salaries, is dependent on achieving budgeted revenue levels. What are the projected revenue levels?

  10. SUPREME COURT

  11. SENIOR JUDGE PROGRAM

  12. LAW LIBRARY

  13. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS

  14. JUDICIAL PROGRAMS & SERVICES

  15. UNIFORM SYSTEM OF JUDICIAL RECORDS

  16. JUDICIAL EDUCATION

  17. FORECLOSURE MEDIATION Indicates the budget requires a modification

  18. Administrative Assessment Revenue ProjectionsStatewide Receipts by Month

  19. Administrative Assessment Revenue Projections

  20. Administrative Assessment Revenue Projections An Annualization of the Average Amount Received Year-To-Date (Sept Receipts)

  21. Administrative Assessment Revenue ProjectionsRevenue is likely to grow because the average amount received in the first quarter is historically less than the average amount received in subsequent quarters. Current projections are based on an average of the amount received in the first quarter

  22. EXPENDITURE LEVELS

  23. The Court’s ability to avoid furloughs, from a financial standpoint, is dependent on: • Savings achieved to offset the furlough reduction in budgets funded from a general fund appropriation • Sufficient reserve levels in budgets funded entirely by fees What are the savings? What are the reserve levels?

  24. SUPREME COURT • Currently projected to spend $12,840,548 of its $13,514,382 operating budget. • $673,834 in savings has been identified. • $353,834 to offset the furlough reduction • $320,000 in possible reversions or to offset an unforeseen drop in administrative assessment revenue

  25. SENIOR JUDGE PROGRAM • Currently projected to spend all of its $1,685,732 operating budget.

  26. LAW LIBRARY • Currently projected to spend all of its $1,656,165 operating budget. • $21,527 in program reductions and savings was identified to offset the furlough reduction.

  27. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS • Brought forward $359,769 more than what was anticipated in the budget approved by the Legislature. • Reserve levels are $1,259,811 or 26% of the AOC’s budgeted expenditures, which is higher than the desired amount of $881,862 or 18% (three months worth of expenditures). • Some reductions to reserves are planned.

  28. JUDICIAL PROGRAMS & SERVICES • Currently projected to spend $1,105,901 of its $1,238,027 operating budget. • $132,126 in savings has been identified. • $34,126 to offset the furlough reduction • $98,000 in possible reversions to the general fund

  29. UNIFORM SYSTEM OF JUDICIAL RECORDS • Brought forward $338,063 more than what was anticipated in the budget approved by the Legislature. • Reserve levels are $995,610 or 26% of budgeted expenditures, which is higher than the desired amount of $704,592 or 18% (three months worth of expenditures).

  30. JUDICIAL EDUCATION • Brought forward $399,713 more than what was anticipated in the budget approved by the Legislature. • Reserve levels are $927,005 or 32% of budgeted expenditures, which is higher than the desired amount of $500,900 or 16% (three months worth of expenditures). • Some reductions to reserves are planned.

  31. FORECLOSURE MEDIATION • Notice of Default Fees which fund the administrative costs of the program are sufficient to fund the program’s costs without requiring furloughs. • Reserve levels are expected to increase.

  32. FORECLOSURE MEDIATION • Other programs under the administration of the Court are putting time and effort towards the Foreclosure Mediation program. • AOC: $41,031 or 1,120 hours reported to date • Supreme Court: $6,596 or 146 hours reported to date • Other programs: $7,711 or 199 hours reported to date • Does not include administration costs (director, deputy director of administration, budget manager) • Does not include accounting time and effort • Has deposited enough revenue for 1,596 mediations as of last week. Should exceed 6,000 mediations annually • Will process over 6,000 invoices to pay mediators • It takes more than one accounting position to process one document tied to the program

  33. CONCLUSIONS • No revenue shortfalls are currently projected, except for mediation service fees which do not fund salaries. • Savings have been identified in programs funded by the general fund that offset the furlough reduction. The savings would be reverted if furloughs were required even though the Legislature already reduced the Court’s budgets in essence doubling the furlough reduction to the Court’s budget. • During the first quarter, if the Court had furloughed its employees it would have reverted $86,859 to the general fund in addition to the $414,380 already withheld from the Court’s budget this fiscal year for furloughs.

  34. CONCLUSIONS CONT. • Reversions to the general fund at year-end are currently anticipated. • Reserve levels in fee-funded accounts are currently elevated and would be further increased if furloughs were imposed.

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