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Judiciary asks House Appropriations for $2.5 million BAA, cites IT funding shortfall and reversion requests
Summary
The Vermont Judiciary told the House Appropriations Committee it is seeking about $2.5 million in a budget adjustment primarily to cover ongoing IT costs after a special fund's revenue dropped. The request also asks legislative authority to repurpose prior courthouse project funds and to cover a sheriff security cost-of-living adjustment.
The Vermont Judiciary told the House Appropriations Committee on Jan. 15 that it is requesting roughly $2,500,000 in a budget adjustment act to cover several priorities, saying about 80% of the request is to shore up IT maintenance and operations.
The request matters because the judiciary’s dedicated technology fund — funded largely by civil-violation and traffic-ticket fees — has seen revenue decline while the judiciary’s IT costs have risen, driven by pandemic-era remote-hearing investments, a new case-management rollout and an expanded digital evidence footprint. “The first graph shows the tech fund revenue. As, as Greg mentioned, that has been declining. So it’s almost half, of what it was at its peak,” said Marsha Shells, chief technology innovation officer for the judiciary.
Judiciary Chief of Finance Administration Greg Mosley told the committee the submission includes a small set of reversions and re-appropriations and one recurring contractual cost.…
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