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3 <br />want to plead guilty to enter the courtroom between 8:30 and 9:30 or some <br />specific time. This would save the time of calling these names from the <br />docket. <br />Patricia Love stated that in Alamance County they have a day where <br />everyone with a traffic ticket can come in anytime during a specified day but <br />that the ALC has asked that this not be done. She noted that one of the <br />biggest problems is that a persons' driving record determines the insurance <br />a person pays and it must be done right and people do have the right to <br />appeal. <br />Commissioner Insko stated that having those who want to plead guilty <br />come in between a certain time may be a good idea and worth trying. <br />Patricia Love stated that they have talked about not calling the docket <br />but with the computer age they enter a 20-day failure the same day the person <br />doesn't appear. <br />In answer to a question from Commissioner Willhoit about the short <br />range alternatives, Judge Love stated that Judge Battle has agreed to let them <br />use the Superior Courtroom for one day a week for the next six months. On <br />Wednesday, Judge Battle will hear the cases unless there is a murder trial or <br />another extended trial. <br />Moses Carey stated that these ideas are good and need further <br />discussion. He asked Pam Jones and John Link to convene a small group to <br />decide on a plan of action. <br />Judge Battle stated that Superior Court is set every week with Civil <br />Court set in the Old Courthouse. The problem is that there are cases that <br />last two or three weeks with two courts going on at one time. <br />John Link stated that the third floor is now being used for several <br />courts, administrative law offices, etc. <br />Judge Battle stated that even if Superior Courtroom is used on <br />Wednesday, he could start at 10:30 which would allow most of the district <br />cases to be heard between 9:00 and 10:30. <br />Judge Love emphasized that the downstairs courtroom should go back to <br />being a storage room. It is not well ventilated and dangerous. <br />Commissioner Insko stated that one thing the County can do is to <br />provide staff support to help with planning, etc. <br />II. SHORT TERM I88QE8 <br />A. PROJECTION OF NEED FOR NE%T FIVE YEARS <br />B. POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT AT E%IBTING SITE <br />Nancy A. Vecchia gave some figures on how the cases have increased. <br />They have doubled in the last ten years and they expect that trend to <br />continue. <br />