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mm 2 199 <br />TOTAL: <br />$40,000.00 <br />$16,800.00 <br />$10,082.00 <br />$13,200.00 <br />$ 2,500.00 <br />$ 600.00 <br />$ 3,500.00 <br />$ 2,000.00 <br />$ 4,-000.00 <br />$ 300.00 <br />$92,982.00 <br />HEARING OFFICER EXPENSES <br />Hearing Officer <br />Legal Secretary <br />Retirement <br />Health Insurance <br />Travel <br />Office Supplies <br />Communications <br />Postage <br />Equipment Rental <br />Printing <br />ROOK 92 F.nu 461 <br />(Attorney) Salary <br />Salary <br />HRS SHARE = $92,982.00 x 66% = $61,368.12 <br />COUNTIES SHARE = $92,982.00 X 34% = $311,613.88 <br />SHARE BY POPULATION <br />& Leases <br />Indian River 24.30% - $ 7,682.17 <br />Martin 27.20% - $ 81598.98 <br />Okeechobee 8.00% - $ 21529.11 <br />St. Lucie 40.50% - $12,803.62 <br />As a Judge working within the Family Division, I have <br />discovered that mediation is an extremely valuable tool for <br />disposing of cases. Unfortunately a large number of case involve <br />indigent parties who cannot pay for Mediation. I would like to <br />hire a Mediator to provide Mediation services to these parties <br />Circuit wide. The stood news is that _money is already available at <br />no cost to either the Counties or the taxpayers. Each County has <br />already established Mediation Trust Funds for Circuit Civil, <br />Circuit Family and County Civil cases. <br />What I am proposing is to "pool" the money and have a Circuit <br />wide Mediator for Circuit Civil and Family cases and an <br />Administrative Assistant to recruit, train and supervise a <br />Mediation Program for Small Claims Court using volunteers. <br />Currently Circuit -wide the Circuit funds have accumulated <br />$81,000.00 and are collecting a Circuit total of about $58,000.00 <br />yearly. The County Mediator funds total $79,000.00 and are being <br />collected at the rate of $39,000.00 a year. I am.requesting that <br />each County Commission amend their Ordinances allowing the Circuit <br />Funds to be pooled into a single fund in Saint Lucie County and•the <br />same for the County Civil fund. At this point it has not been <br />decided whether to contract with a Mediator for a set number of <br />cases or to hire a full time employee. The Administrative <br />Assistant would be full time. <br />Last, but not least, I would like for each Court to spend <br />$1,000.00 to purchase video telephones. HRS has agreed to purchase <br />a video phone for the Detention Center and if each County purchased <br />a video phone for use in one Courtroom, detention hearings could be <br />held without having to transport the juveniles all over the <br />Circuit. This will save numerous hours of transportation plus <br />costs and will eliminate the possibility of traffic accident suits <br />or escapes. <br />16 <br />� � r <br />