Clerk Budgets

CFY 2014-15CCOC Court-Related Budgeting

Clerks of Court Operations Corporation2560-102 Barrington CircleTallahassee, 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 Corporation2560-102 Barrington CircleTallahassee, Florida 32308

850-386-2223