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Bozeman Municipal Court sees rising jury trials and interpreter needs; judges ask for staffing and tech support
Summary
Chief Judge Carolina Tierney told the City Commission that jury trials and interpreter minutes have surged, treatment courts are expanding and the court will request a new clerk position in the biennium budget to handle rising case and citation processing demands.
Chief Judge Carolina Tierney updated the Bozeman City Commission on April 14 about increases in municipal court workload and steps the court is taking to modernize operations.
Tierney said jury trials rose from six in FY24 to 17 in FY25, and as of April 10 the court had set 14 jury trials in FY26 with 11 additional settings scheduled — a substantial increase in calendar workload. "That is a 45% increase in cases between 2025 and 2026," she said during the State of the Courts…
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