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~~ <br />~...., <br />Rowan County Board of Commissioners <br />130 West Innes Street • Salisbury, NC 28144 <br />9 <br />Jim Neely, Chairman Telephone (704) 636-0361 <br />J. Newton Cohen, Vice-Chairman ~ FAX (704) 638-3092 <br />Steve Blount <br />Dave Rowland <br />Frank T. Tadlock ROWAN COUNTY <br />Tim Russell, Manager <br />John Holshouser, Jr., Attorney RESOLUTION <br />"INCREASE IN FACILITIES AND OFFICER FEES L`NDER G.S. 7A-305 AND G.S. 15-209" <br />WHEREAS, Boards of County Commissioners are required under North Carolina General <br />Statutes Chapter 7A-302 to provide adequate courtrooms and judicial facilities within their <br />boundaries; and <br />WHEREAS, Boards of County Commissioners are required under North Carolina General <br />Statutes Chapter 15-209 to provide suitable accommodations for probation officers in or near the <br />courthouse; and <br />WHEREAS, the North Carolina Legislature since 1965 has recognized the financial burden upon <br />Counties, and as a result enacted N.C.G.S. 7A-304-305 which establishes fees which in 1994 <br />were set at $6.00 per case for facilities and 55.00 per case for officers; and <br />WHEREAS, the costs incurred by Counties have risen dramatically through the construction and <br />renovation of courtrooms, judicial offices, clerk-of-superior court offices, through the <br />employment of additional bailiffs for court proceedings and safety, and for the installation of <br />security systems to reduce the occurrence of courthouse violence; and <br />WHEREAS, as the result of these additional requirements, the County now incurs direct <br />expenses at a ratio of 3.x:1 over revenues received from facilities' fees and incurs total expenses <br />at a ratio of 6.8:1 over revenues received for the total judicial operations; and <br />WHEREAS, the recent addition of eight probation officer positions in Rowan County as well as <br />180 statewide by the Legislature during the 1997 Session has resulted in many Counties having <br />to secure privately leased space to house these new State probation officers; and <br />WHEREAS, the "costs of court" represents those costs associated with providing a judicial <br />system whereby only those chazged and convicted under the laws of the State of North Carolina <br />bear the primary financial burden; <br />Equal Opportunity Employer <br />~~ reCycfed paper <br />