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Home My WebLink AboutFY 2019 Budget Presentation (Office of the Prosecuting Attorney) County of Kauai Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Presentation April 10, 2018 Justin F. Kollar, Prosecuting Attorney Jennifer S. Winn, First Deputy Rebecca Vogt Like, Second Deputy Diana Gausepohl-White, Victim/Witness Program Director FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 2 Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Mission It is our mission to promote the fair, impartial and expeditious pursuit of justice in every case, to ensure safer communities, and to promote integrity in our profession. It is our mission to temper justice with compassion, and to do our work in an open, transparent, and accountable way. Vision Our vision is for a safe and healthy community, where: • Offenders are held accountable • Case dispositions are appropriate for offense and offender • Timely and efficient administration of justice occurs • Service delivery is improved for victims and witnesses • Crime is reduced • Fear of crime is reduced Our vision is for an OPA that exemplifies: • Competent and professional behavior • Efficient, fiscally responsible management and administration, and • Consistent, coordinated enforcement efforts and administration of justice. FY 18 Successes and Achievements  Successful integration of OPA CMS with KPD RMS ensuring seamless and instantaneous conferral of cases from KPD to OPA.  Successful roll-out of electronic BWC discovery to criminal defense bar, dramatically decreasing burden on our clerks and investigators.  Successful implementation of mobile CMS on 2-in-1 portable devices.  Successful first year for the Drug Nuisance Abatement Unit (12 drug houses closed down!).  Increased partnerships with United States Attorney’s Office (Project Safe Neighborhoods).  Trial advocacy training provided to entire DPA staff. FY 18 Challenges  Critical lack of forensic laboratory services, leading to delayed prosecution in drug offenses and OVUII cases.  Increase in number of drug cases has placed burdens on our attorney staff. We need more staff.  Current space envelope is beyond capacity. We badly need additional space. FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 3  Position 9102 – Process Server - Funding for 0.40 FTE covered by grant has been halted from the Department of Justice FY2017 Edward Byrne Formula Grant. The amount of funds total $37,043 (?). Funds have been covered by County. FY 19 Goals and Objectives  Find a new home for our Victim/Witness Program. Our current space envelope is beyond capacity.  Complete implementation of e-discovery procedures.  Seek and obtain additional grants.  Assist KPD with setup and operation of T3 wiretap room. Organizational Charts: FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 4 FY 19 Budget Request  Three-year budget comparison. FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 $ + / - % + / - Salary and Wages 2,490,061 2,425,532 2,561,795 136,263 5.6% Benefits 1,309,354 1,496,528 1,489,925 -6,603 -0.4% Utilities 13,680 13,980 16,680 2700 19.3% Vehicle/Equip, Lease 2,500 17,785 15,285 -2,500 -14.1% Operations 196,385 206,285 265,731 5946 28.8% Total 4,011,980 4,160,110 4,349,416 189,306 4.6% FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 5 1. Requesting Council consider supporting one new DPA position. 2. Changes to existing positions: a. Reallocation of position #2825 from VW Counselor Trainee SR-18 - > VW Counselor I SR-20 (Sasaki, time-in-grade experience upgrade). b. Reallocation of position #2809 from Legal Clerk III SR-16 -> Para Legal Assistant I SR-18 (Aki, Promotion, Alignment of Position Responsibilities) c. Reallocation of position #2827 from LCI SR-10 -> LCII SR-12 (Ishii, time-in-grade experience upgrade). d. Reallocation of position #2829 from LCI SR-10 -> LCII SR-12 (Manini, time-in-grade experience upgrade). e. Reallocation of position #2812 from Legal Clerk III SR-16 -> Para Legal Assistant I SR-18 (Ventura, New-hire, Alignment of Position Responsibilities) f. Reallocation of position #2821 from Legal Clerk III SR-16 -> Legal Clerk IV SR-18 (Girald, Promotion, Alignment of Position Responsibilities) • Reallocation of position #2826 from Legal Clerk III SR-16 -> Legal Clerk IV SR-18 (Marugame, Promotion, Alignment of Position Responsibilities) 0 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 3,000,000 FY 2018 and FY 2019 Comparison FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 6 • Reallocation of position #2822 from Admin Officer SR-24 -> Admin Services Officer EM-01 (Williams, Alignment of Position Responsibilities) • Reallocation of position #2813 from Secretary SR-16 -> Administrative Support Assistant SR-16 (Layosa, Alignment of Position Responsibilities) Budget History  FY 2018-2019 Comparison by Expense Category %: 58.1 36.2 0.3 0.4 5 FY 2018 Operating Budget Salary and Wages Benefits Utilities Vehicle/Equip, Lease Operations FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 7 Summary of Major Variances: FY 17 – FY 18 Account Account Description FY 2017 FY 2018 Mayor’s submittal FY 2019 +/- 001- 0401- 513.01 Regular Salaries 2,431,748 2,367,219 2,497,636 130,417 001- 0401- 513.05- 01 Social Security 191,373 185,554 195,977 10,423 001- 0401- 513.05- 03 Retirement 386,394 452,527 450,834 1,693 001- 0401- 513.05- 12 OPEB 447,104 530,283 492,161 -38,122 001- 0401- 513.10- 07 Internet/Data/Cable 11,400 11,700 13,800 2,100 001- 0401- Other Services 90,000 99,900 139,250 39,350 59% 34% 1%0% 6% FY 2019 Operating Budget Salary and Wages Benefits Utilities Vehicle/Equip, Lease Operations FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 8 513.30- 00 001- 0401- 513.88- 02 Lease 0 15,285 15,285 0 Total 3,922,233 4,160,110 4,349,416 189,306 Contractual Positions Funded by State or Federal Grants Grant Employee Position #Salary Projec t Allocatio n Account Time Period Funding Source Grant Focus DPA 9091 $104,004.00 A18003 100%251-0401-513.01-01 7/1/2017-6/30/2018 State Grant CCP DPA E-88 $94,008.00 A18030 90%250-0401-513.01-01 1/1/2018-9/30/2018 Federal Grant DOT County 10%001-0401-513.01-01 1/1/2018-9/30/2018 DPA 2903 $95,004.00 A18006 90%250-0401-513.01-01 1/1/2018-12/31/2018 Federal Grant Sex Assault County 10%001-0401-513.01-01 1/1/2018-12/31/2018 DPA E-95 $89,004.00 A17005 65%250-0401-513.01-01 11/1/2017-4/30/2018 Federal Grant DV County 35%001-0401-513.01-01 11/1/2017-4/30/2018 VWC T2814 $76,692.00 A16022 100%250-0401-513.01-01 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2018 Federal Grant VOCA VWC T2825 $44,292.00 A18020 100%251-0401-513.01-01 7/1/2017-6/30/2018 State Grant VW VWC T2824 $53,880.00 A16022 100%250-0401-513.01-01 7/1/2017-6/30/2018 Federal Grant VOCA FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 9 Consolidated Worksheet FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 10 Charges Received – 2014-2017 History 2014 2015 2016 2017 Violation 255 202 279 284 Traffic Felony 3 9 6 9 Traffic 301 215 354 405 Juvenile 393 324 321 354 Felony 585 560 459 555 MD 504 494 583 429 PMD 823 842 942 1253 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 11 Case Outcomes 2014-2017 Apology Comm. Service CVCC Fee DAG DANC DL Susp. / Rev. Drug Court Fines Prog.HOPE Prison/ Jail Prob.Rest.Prob. / Jail 2014 0 143 594 0 69 30 8 414 148 54 423 255 83 50 2015 12 141 795 1 67 84 7 673 251 109 583 216 101 24 2016 45 153 572 7 87 29 1 615 197 70 605 211 108 11 2017 21 152 649 17 97 24 10 775 257 76 887 255 143 19 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 12 Assault cases (non-Domestic Violence related) 2014-2017 2014 2015 2016 2017 Juvenile 70 65 48 73 Felony 129 115 111 97 MD 99 68 100 89 PMD 8 30 31 34 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 13 Drug Cases 2015-2018 2015 2016 2017 2018* Juvenile 7 11 39 55 Felony 86 128 123 194 MD 2 6 6 5 PMD 2 14 24 15 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 14 Case Types 2014-2017 2014 2015 2016 2017 31 26 29 29 374 318 325 360 0 24 186 139 196 232 165 155140159123 321 Year over year by attribute* Career Criminal Domestic Violence Environmental Court (Established 7/1/15) OVUII Property FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 15 Case closures 2014-2017 Teen Court Petty Misd.Felony Family Adult Misd.Juvenile Traffic*Violation Traffic Felony 2014 683 491 432 359 295 231 179 7 2015 918 472 371 479 339 255 265 15 2016 837 579 377 530 259 266 191 13 2017 1156 616 342 531 422 448 217 14 0200400600800100012001400 Cases Closed by Type 2014 2015 2016 2017 54 41 23 88 87 626056 33 122 76 72 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 Referrals Intakes Completions Status 2016 Misdemeanor 2016 Status 2017 Misdemeanor 2017 FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 16 Appellate Division 2014-2017 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 Appeals Asset Forfeiture Petitions Rule 40 Petitions 2014 2015 2016 2017 FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 17 Investigative Services 2015-2017 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 2015 2016 2017 652 926 1002 Requests for Investigative Services FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 18 Victim/Witness Services 2014-2017 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 Witnesses Served Victims Served 177 496 231 601 225 736 499 887 Services provided 2014 2015 2016 2017 FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 19 Victim Services Provided 2016-2017 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 2016 2017 FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 20 Witness Services Provided 2016-2017 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 2016 2017 FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 21 Drug Court Vacant Position Listing None. 47 13 4 26 15 7 25 22 9 19 14 5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Referrals Graduates Terminations 2014 2015 2016 2017 FY 2019 Budget Presentation – Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Page 22 Justin F. Kollar, Prosecuting Attorney Jennifer S. Winn, First Deputy Rebecca Vogt Like, Second Deputy Diana Gausepohl-White, Victim/Witness Program Director Jared Brickey · Anne Clarkin · Leon Davenport · Todd Dickenson · Tony Herndon · Ginger Grinpas · Matt Arakawa · Eunice Park · Tracy Murakami · Keola Siu · Ramsey Ross · Kimberly Torigoe · Sean Van Demark Deputies