city attorney's office 2016 budget presentation
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City Attorney's Office 2016 Budget PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Nancy Isserlis
City AttorneyCity of SpokaneAugust 27, 2015
City Attorney’s Office
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Organization Chart
Chief Civil2016CIVIL16 FTE*Includes
Police Advisor and CEU Attorney.
City Prosecutor
2016 CRIMINAL
19 FTE
CITY ATTORNEYNancy Isserlis
2016 Budget: $4,292,810
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Operating Budget Summary
Civil2014
Budget2015
Budget2016
Prelim% Change (2015/201
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Wages & Benefits
$ 2,145,284
$ 2,320,449
$ 2,406,402
3.70%
Supplies & Services
$ 141,507 $ 134,155 $ 138,057 2.91%
Other $ 239 $ 0 $ 0 0%
Total $ 2,287,030
$ 2,454,604
$ 2,544,459
3.66%
# FTE’S 16 16 16 0%
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Operating Budget Summary
Criminal2014
Budget2015
Budget2016
Prelim%
Change (2015/20
16)
Wages & Benefits
$ 1,811,285
$ 1,700,697 $ 1,777,103 4.49%
Supplies & Services
$ 159,617 $ 159,617 $ 160,329 0.45%
Other $ 11,863 $ 11,100 $ 11,100 0%
Total $ 1,982,765
$ 1,871,414 $ 1,948,532 4.12%
# FTE’S 19 19 19 0%
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2016 Personnel Impact
Total # of FTE’s Impacted
0
Current Vacant Budgeted FTE’s
0
Additional FTE Cuts Anticipated to Balance 2016
0
* 1 project employee (Civil Service approved through September, 2017).
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Priorities for 2016
• Implementation of Family Justice Center Model. Three full time Prosecutors assigned to new DV unit housed at the YWCA. Increase evidence-based prosecution model.
• Cost Recovery Unit: Effective use of the litigation team to recover monies owed to the City (Attorney Fees, Subrogation, Claims such as Monsanto).
• Continue to Streamline Contracts Function: improved turn-around time; templates; cross-training.
• Emphasis on Domestic Violence, Public Records, Utilities and new Civil Enforcement Unit.
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Priorities for 2016
• Emphasis and prioritization of targeted prosecution in East Sprague, working closely with the Police Department.
• Align priorities, such as burgeoning Public Records Requests, by cross training and restructuring staff.
• City Prosecutor actively involved in the Spokane Regional Law & Justice Council, and implementation of Blueprint for Reform.
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Performance Measures
• Public Records turn around time: − Volume of Requests − Number of Installments − Lack of PRA Lawsuits and Judgments
• Contracts:− Efficient workflow− Improved minor contract templates− Utilities and Riverfront Park – increased volume of contracts due to bond/levy passage.
• Litigation:
− Reserves − Number of Cases − CRU
• Prosecutor Office Workflow
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Anything else?
• Relicensing Program at the Prosecutor’s Office continues to attract State and National Attention; Presentation to Supreme Court in September.
• Created Chief Ethics Compliance Officer to implement new City Ethics Code and, address compliance.
• Continued Full Time Police Department Advisor – total revamp of SPD policies, procedures (DOJ).
• Continue to responsibly manage risk and litigation.
• Utility Project Lawyer Concluded. Successful transition of Waste to Energy Facility November, 2014.
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Anything else?
• New Civil Enforcement Unit (transfer Senior Prosecuting Attorney to Civil to work with SPD) – good results obtained.
• Domestic Violence. Co-location with County prosecutors, DV advocates and law enforcement at the YWCA.
• Criminal Division replaced exiting senior staff (retirement, private, other) with newer attorneys at a cost savings.
• Possible Election Mandates.
• Reclaimed Water Rulemaking, Water Quality Issues, Water Resource/Deliver.