Family law magistrate and assistant request
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But nonetheless, BOV runs very smoothly. Always a very nice meeting and the collaboration between the clerk and the property appraiser and the board members and the magistrate. It's a well-led machine. So thank you all. I appreciate your own show.
Yes, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be here and be heard. Thank you to the board as well. Kind of dovetailing into what's some of the conversation we've had, I just wanted to stress and thank our clerk for doing and her staff for doing such an amazing job assisting the courts. When we talk about efficiencies, one of the things we do on a regular basis. Literally on a weekly basis, if not on a daily basis, is we meet with the clerk's office, our folks and their folks, just to try to increase any and all efficiencies that
we can, operational and otherwise, uh and understanding what's kind of on the horizon. So we try to be proactive and And and understanding what's out there, the digital evidence. Um, we we were collaborative, and and they did a great job with the Legal Assistance Center, Commissioner Starkey, that you referenced. Um, and I think that's a great benefit to our citizens in our community. And and part of that assists, for instance, people who are in difficult situations who come to get injections, domestic violence
injunctions, stalking injunctions, you know, dating injunctions and things like that. So that that's obviously a critical need within our county. And we try to work together to make sure we're as efficient and as appropriate as we can with regard to those issues. And so I so I thank them. I thank them for that. And part of the the stress on the system is to give you an idea, the last two years or so, our filings have increased 60% through the court system. About 25,000
cases, additional cases, small claims is up, people are default. unfortunately on credit cards at an alarming rate and that sort of thing and many times as we know that's a little bit like the canary in the coal mine as it relates to mortgages as as we look even look further down uh down the road. Uh we've come in and and much to everybody uh uh surprised I suspect I am not going to give you a PowerPoint about a courthouse here today. Uh I think you all kind of know that, but uh I think you
know once again try to be good uh stewards of the taxpayers' money. I think that the board's already appropriately pointed out this is a very uh uh unusual difficult time we find ourselves And that's something that, you know, maybe we can put on a pause, see what's going to happen with this with with with November and property taxes and that sort of thing. So, you know, uh really discretion being the better part of valor, I I think that that it is very appropriate to pause that uh at the present time and kind of see where we're gonna be. In
November. That being said, I'm not going to use anywhere near the to the time I think allotted.
We're very appreciative of the support the board gives us and to the clerk's office and really through all the conversations. Constitutional so that we get on a daily basis. We're just making a single request for a single position or two positions actually: a family law magistrate, general master, and uh their assistant. And the reason we're asking for that, we asked for it last year in anticipation. Uh, for those of you who don't know, Judge Dan Disson. Is retiring after many years with uh the court system at Pasco County. We are gonna lose uh
over three decades of family law experience uh you know December 31st um of this year. And uh in order to kind of keep up with with that workload with anybody who would be subbing in for him, um uh we're that's why we're Asking for this magistrate in the position, but other than that, our uh we're we're maintaining pretty much a flat budget uh with you all and we're appreciative of the support and help that you give us. And uh like I said, we wish our best to uh Judge Disky
and his future, as we do with our county attorney for future endeavors uh and travel and et cetera. Uh But it seems to be the season of retirements and uh you know we'll certainly miss him, but we'll certainly miss the knowledge and efficiencies that come with the uh you know 30 plus years of family law experience. Um I'm certainly open to any questions anyone anyone has. Like I said, we're we're just trying to maintain where we are and that's the only bit of increase we're asking for.
Any questions? Chief
Chief Judge What Chief Judge. Maybe you have Judge Steinsnyder here. Retirement. Yeah.
Yeah.
What's up? Supervisor O'Lear.