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Judicial branch employees will be furloughed three days in 2012 Moves are cost-cutting one resulting in deep cuts to Administrative Office of the Courts by legislature News from the Administrative Office of the Courts FRANKFORT, Ky. - Judicial Branch employees learned today that they will be furloughed for three days in the first half of Fiscal Year 2013 as a result of deep cuts the Kentucky General Assembly made to the court system's budget for Fiscal Years 2013 and 2014. The furloughs will close courthouses statewide on August 6, September 4 and October 15, 2012. This marks the first time since Kentucky's modern court system was formed in 1976 that the Judicial Branch must close courthouse doors to balance its budget. Furloughs are one of several measures included in the Judicial Branch's budget reduction plan for FY 2013. Chief Justice of Kentucky John D. Minton Jr. announced details of the plan today in an email to all Kentucky Court of Justice personnel. He also noted that the legislature did not fund a pay equity plan that would make Judicial Branch salaries competitive with the other two branches of government and a capital project to replace the court system's obsolete case management system, which is at risk for failure. With final passage of House Bill 269, the Kentucky General Assembly reduced the total funds available to the Judicial Branch by $25.2 million for Fiscal Year 2013. This includes a permanent reduction to the annual base operating budget of $16.2 million and a one-time transfer of $9 million in payroll to the state's general fund by June 30, 2012. The legislature mandated that this amount for the June 30 state payroll be moved to July 2 to shift that expense to the next fiscal year. "Our situation is serious," Chief Justice Minton said. "In spite of our efforts to secure adequate funding, the legislature's appropriation is far short of what is necessary to operate the Kentucky court system for the next two years. These recent reductions are especially challenging because they've come quickly on the heels of other cutbacks." Since the economic crisis began in 2008, the Judicial Branch has cut 282 employees statewide, eliminated court programs and trimmed operating costs at all four levels of the court system to stay within budget. "Until now, we were able to take aggressive measures to avoid furloughs and keep courts open," Chief Justice Minton said. "But there are only so many places to cut in a court operations budget that is 86 percent personnel. When there's such a large gap between what we ask for and what we receive, difficult decisions must be made." The following actions will take effect July 1, 2012, unless otherwise noted: Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Reduction Plan Reductions
The chief justice of Kentucky is the administrative head of the state's court system and is responsible for its operation. The Administrative Office of the Courts is the operational arm of the court system. The AOC executes the Judicial Branch budget and supports the activities of nearly 3,300 court system employees and 403 elected justices, judges and circuit court clerks. This story was posted on 2012-05-03 02:41:04
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