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Court administrator seeks dedicated warrant officer, bailiff and higher maximum fines
Summary
Homewood court administrator Laura Roberts requested a full-time warrant officer, a full-time bailiff, and authority to raise maximum ordinance fines to $500; she said court funds would cover some items and the proposed fine schedule will be sent to the public safety committee for ordinance drafting.
Laura Roberts, court administrator for the City of Homewood, asked the City Council on Sept. 11 to add a full-time warrant officer and a full-time bailiff to the budget and to approve changes that would allow higher maximum ordinance fines. Roberts told the council the warrant officer would help clear a large backlog of outstanding warrants and that the bailiff position would replace overtime assignments now handled by sworn police officers. Roberts said the court originally had 12,876 outstanding warrants when she began and that the number is now “a little over 9,000,” and that the court’s printed case docket showed “over 22,000 outstanding cases.” She said a dedicated warrant…
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