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Clerk Budgets. CFY 2014-15 CCOC Court-Related Budgeting. Clerks of Court Operations Corporation 2560-102 Barrington Circle Tallahassee, Florida 32308 850-386-2223. Presentation Overview. Statutory Structure and Schedule Recent Policy and Operational Direction
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Clerk Budgets CFY 2014-15 CCOC Court-Related Budgeting Clerks of Court Operations Corporation 2560-102 Barrington Circle Tallahassee, Florida 32308 850-386-2223
Presentation Overview • Statutory Structure and Schedule • Recent Policy and Operational Direction • Budget Forms and Instructions • Performance and Budget System (PABS) • Issues to Consider and Dates to Remembers • Questions
Statutory Structure and Schedule • Chapters 28.35 and 28.36, Florida Statutes • Extensive Structure Provided in Section 28.35(2)(f) • Statutorily Defined Schedule • June 1, 2014: Clerks’ CFY 2014-15 court-related budgets are due to the CCOC (Section 28.36(2)(a)) • August 1, 2014: CCOC must submit the Clerks’ Legislative Budget Request (LBR) to the Legislative Budget Commission (LBC) (Section 28.35(2)(h)) • October 1, 2014: Date by which the LBC to act upon the Clerks’ LBR (Section 28.35(2)(h))
Recent Policy and Operational Direction • CCOC Finance and Budget Committee • Chaired by Bob Inzer • Provided answers to specific policy and operational questions posed by local clerk staff • Provided direction on defining “similarly situated clerks” • CCOC Joint Committee • Chaired jointly by Paula O’Neil and Bob Inzer • Provided guidance on the definition of “workload measures”
Budget Forms and Instructions • Scheduled to be released April 15, 2014 • Training will be held in April and May • Forms will be consistent with those previously used with minor changes • Additional calculation related to revenues • Additional section to report pay/benefit increases • Additional section to report FRS/health insurance expenditures
Performance and Budget System (PABS) • SQL-based budgeting and reporting system with browser-based user interface • Enhanced transparency and accountability in clerk court-related budgeting • One-stop access to all your prior year budgets • Multiple budget upload, submission, and edit options • Easy download options to access historic budget, finance, and workload data • New features to upload, submit, and edit select monthly and quarterly reports • Scalable to allow for the addition of future functionality
Issues to Consider • Certification of Data Provided • Review and Recommendations by Corporation Members • Review and Determination by Legislative Budget Commission • External and Other Audits • Budgeting in the Sunshine
Dates to Remember • April 15, 2014 • Budget forms and instructions to be released • April and May, 2014 • Multiple training sessions • June 1, 2014 • Clerk budgets due to the CCOC • June and July, 2014 • CCOC Finance and Budget Committee deliberations and recommendations • CCOC Executive Council determination of clerks’ Legislative Budget Request (LBR) • August 1, 2014 • CCOC required to submit clerks’ LBR • October 1, 2014 • Legislative Budget Commission (LBC) action
Clerk Budgets Questions? Clerks of Court Operations Corporation 2560-102 Barrington Circle Tallahassee, Florida 32308 850-386-2223