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Court administrator asks council to fund warrant officer, bailiff and cap fines at $500
Summary
Laura Roberts, court administrator, asked the council to approve funding for a dedicated warrant officer and a full‑time bailiff and to refer a proposed ordinance that would allow maximum ordinance fines of $500 to the Public Safety committee.
Laura Roberts, court administrator, told the council on Sept. 11 she is seeking a dedicated full‑time warrant officer and a full‑time bailiff to help clear a backlog of warrants and provide court security. “When I first started, we have 12,876 warrants,” Roberts said. “We are now to about 9,000 a little over 9,000 now.”
Roberts said the warrant officer would be an employee of the police department who would coordinate with her office and that the bailiff position would be split 50/50 between the corrections jail fund and the court corrections fund. “They cannot be funded by the court because they are an employee of the police department,” she said.
The request also includes keeping one already‑funded full‑time court clerk position vacant this year so Roberts can complete hiring. She asked council permission to spend $10,000 from court funds to replace broken office furniture and requested up…
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