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Gila County court administrator seeks new local fees to cover automation, security costs
Summary
Court administration presented a proposal to the Board of Supervisors to raise two existing local court fees and add two new fees — a $20 automation fee and a security fee modeled on other counties — to offset rising costs for court automation and mandated court security.
Gila County Court Administrator Jonathan Barab told the Board of Supervisors at a work session that he will seek the board's approval of a local court fee schedule, including two new fees and increases to two existing fees, to help the county courts cover rising automation and security costs.
Barab said the courts operate under a coordinated budget that combines requests from justice courts, superior court, the clerk of court, and probation, and that recent unfunded mandates are straining that structure. "We are experiencing some business pressures ... in court automation ... and court security," Barab said. He called the proposed changes modest compared with other Arizona counties and said they are intended to avoid increased demands on the county general fund.
The proposal Barab described would: increase the probate fee (established…
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