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Monday, October 10, 2011
Ind. Courts - "Judge: City Court in Crown Point making money "
Carrie Napoleon of the Gary Post-Tribune reports:
CROWN POINT — It may appear the city court is running in the red, but when revenues raised by the court for a number of nonreverting funds are factored in, the operation is a money-maker for the city.City Court Judge Kent Jeffirs prepared a report for city officials detailing the court’s operation and how it has grown since 2004.
“When you factor in the other (funds), we are actually running at a profit to the city,” Jeffirs said.
In 2010, the city court’s income of $164,620 included $87,144 from the city’s general fund and $77,475 from civil suits and collections. Expenses for the same year were $217,956, resulting in a $53,335 loss. However, after factoring in how much money the courts turn over to the general fund for fees and generate for nonreverting funds in 2010 — $90,937 — the courts actually generated a profit of $37,601, Jeffirs said.
A statutory bond fee of $50 brought in $18,512 in 2010 and $172,530 since 2004. Late fees of $25 per incident collected by the courts brought in $9,075 in 2010 and $65,733 since 2004.
Monies in the court deferral fund, a nonreverting fund whose revenues cannot be deposited in the general fund, were $18,640 in 2010. Those fees went to fund Police Department expenses.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 10, 2011 11:02 AM
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