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Criminal clerk asks council to study courthouse renovation, seeks funds for damaged records and to continue expungement program
Summary
The criminal clerk outlined space constraints in the 1939 criminal district court building, requested a study of renovation or replacement, explained records-storage damage and restoration efforts, and urged continued funding for a free expungement program that has received substantial demand.
The Criminal Clerk told the City Council the historic criminal district court building was designed in 1939 for three court sections and is now functionally undersized for 12 sections, judicial administrative offices and supporting staff. The clerk urged the council to convene a study to evaluate renovating the interior or building a new criminal district court facility.
On budget and operations, the clerk said operating costs have been shifted into the clerk's…
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