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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE NINETEENTH <br /> OF THE COURTS JUDICIAL CIRCUIT <br /> Thomas A. Genung <br /> Trial Court Administrator <br /> March 6, 2013 <br /> Joseph Baird <br /> County Administrator Indian River County <br /> 180127 1h Street <br /> Vero Beach, Florida 32960-3388 <br /> Re: Budget Amendment Request <br /> Dear Mr. Baird: <br /> On behalf of Chief Judge Steven J. Levin and the Judges of the 19th Judicial Circuit, I make this request for a <br /> budget amendment to aid in the funding of the aiSmartBench Judicial Viewer system produced by Mentis <br /> Technology Solutions. The State Court System applied for and received approximately 5 Million Dollars from <br /> the Florida portion of the nationwide foreclosure settlement. This Circuit applied for and received$284,500 to <br /> be applied towards enhancing technology to address the backlog of foreclosure cases. Two Hundred Thousand <br /> `�- Dollars of that money will be applied to licensure, integration, implementation, and backfile costs. Eighty-Four <br /> Thousand Five Hundred Dollars of that money will be applied to hardware costs. The estimated total cost of the <br /> Mentis aiSmartBench Judicial Viewer solution is $588,000. Please see the attached pricing proposal from <br /> Mentis Technology Solutions. <br /> We are seeking $98,000 from the Court Innovations fund pursuant to s. 939.185(1)(a)1., Florida Statutes to pay <br /> for remaining licensure, integration, implementation, backfile, and hardware costs not covered by the state <br /> funds identified above. Our understanding is that the current balance in that fund is $210,282, and that$48,975 <br /> is budgeted to come from that fund during this current budget year, leaving a remainder of$161,307, which <br /> does not include estimated revenues. The $161,307 is sufficient to cover the requested $98,000 (rounded up to <br /> the next thousand), leaving sufficient amounts for the FY 13-14 budget. Please see the attached table for a <br /> pricing breakdown for Indian River County. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Thomas A. Genung, Esq. <br /> Attachments <br /> cc: The Honorable Steven J. Levin, Chief Judge <br /> The Honorable David Morgan, County Judge, Chair Technology Committee <br /> Jason Brown, Budget Director Indian River County <br /> 250 N.W.Country Club Drive,Suite 217•Port St.Lucie,FL 34986•(772)807-4370 •FAX(772)807-4377 <br /> 97 <br />