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4 <br /> Budget <br /> The total budget for Pretrial Services for fiscal year 2011-12 was $180,864. The majority of <br /> costs are in the personnel category with approximately $111,000 spent on permanent salaries, <br /> $17,000 on benefits, $8,400 in payroll taxes and $16,000 for contracted professional work. <br /> As the financial statements have shown the agency has continually utilized its fund balance in <br /> the last two years. It was at this time the state decreased and then completely discontinued <br /> the alternative sentencing grant. <br /> Pretrial Services will also save an additional $8,400 this year if an in-kind donation of office <br /> space provided by the Orange County Sheriff is formalized through an appropriate lease <br /> agreement. At their former location, 100 North Churton Street, the rent cost $700 a month. <br /> Caseload <br /> Historically, the caseload split between Orange and Chatham Counties has been 70:30 <br /> respectively. In 2011-12, Orange County intakes totaled 308, or 70.6 percent of all intakes <br /> completed. Likewise, releases consisted of a total of 77.9 percent of all approved releases <br /> between the two counties. <br /> Majority of the cost and benefits occurs with Orange County participants. However, given the <br /> nature of what is involved in pretrial release (see Appendix A), regardless of the total number of <br /> intakes and/or releases the same process is applied. Essentially, every day, the Director and <br /> Coordinator must go to the respective jails, collect the first appearances list of arrests from the <br /> prior day and research the individuals to determine if an interview is appropriate. Therefore, at <br /> the current funding level, Orange County is essentially subsidizing the Chatham County cases, <br /> albeit indirectly. Below a graph demonstrates the 70:30 caseload split. Of particular note is the <br /> total number of rejected applicants in both counties. It would appear from the most recent <br /> data, that a higher percentage of Chatham County arrestees are not eligible for program. This <br /> could again, relate back to the overall population of the county. <br />