WEBVTT 00:00:01.200 --> 00:00:31.180 All right. Welcome to the meeting of the Court Services Committee, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 630. I'll call the meeting to order. First order of business is prayer. I'll take care of that. Heavenly Father, thank you for allowing us this time to get together and talk about our Court Services Committee. Father, we thank you for all the blessings and we thank you for the rain today. 00:00:31.200 --> 00:00:40.720 We needed that. We could do it without the wind, but we'll take what we get. So just guide us, Lord, as we go through the process today. In Jesus' name, amen. 00:00:40.720 --> 00:00:41.320 Amen. 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:46.920 Next, the approval of the agenda. Can I get a motion? 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:48.400 Motion to approve the agenda. 00:00:49.060 --> 00:00:49.380 Second. 00:00:51.420 --> 00:00:52.360 Any discussion? 00:00:53.480 --> 00:00:55.260 Stating none. All those in favor, say aye. 00:00:55.480 --> 00:00:55.760 Aye. 00:00:56.080 --> 00:00:58.000 Those opposed, same sign. 00:00:58.820 --> 00:00:59.740 Motion passes. 00:01:01.200 --> 00:01:07.340 approval of the meeting minutes from May 13th, 2026. 00:01:07.540 --> 00:01:08.240 Can I get a motion? 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:09.400 Motion to approve. 00:01:09.720 --> 00:01:09.960 Second. 00:01:10.960 --> 00:01:12.620 Motion to approve or second. 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:14.420 Any discussion? 00:01:15.440 --> 00:01:16.080 Say none. 00:01:16.260 --> 00:01:17.460 All those in favor say aye. 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:17.880 Aye. 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:19.740 Those opposed, same second. 00:01:20.460 --> 00:01:21.260 Motion passes. 00:01:22.440 --> 00:01:23.500 Approval of claims. 00:01:25.500 --> 00:01:27.580 Did everybody get a chance to look at them? 00:01:27.580 --> 00:01:51.160 The total is $30,274.84 Any discussion, question for anything? Motion to approve, second. Motion passes, or I'm sorry, motion in second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. Motion passes. Okay, I'll just quickly sign this and pass it down. 00:01:51.160 --> 00:01:58.580 Sure, please 00:01:58.580 --> 00:02:24.000 Public comment? I see not unless somebody has a public comment. Reports to committee. Judge Alzer's not here. Travis Lutz is here. So you sent a report. I saw it. Yep. Yep. If you guys got any questions about it, I don't know what that would be, but if you do have any questions, I'm here to assist. 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:29.860 and Amanda. Getting on a question about the public defender's office in general, I would just ask a little 00:02:29.860 --> 00:02:36.880 of you, uh, our level staffing levels. We are doing fine. We've got the same people that we have had. 00:02:36.880 --> 00:02:42.240 So we've got, uh, me and then the three other full-time attorneys and one part-time, so that one 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:49.920 part-time person was improved as a full-time position originally, but we're, we're fine exactly how we're 00:02:49.920 --> 00:02:57.180 right now. So hopefully things stay the same and aren't uprooted and we'll be going in the right 00:02:57.180 --> 00:03:06.240 direction. So it looks like you're busy. Yeah, summer is a different animal than normal. It 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:13.680 continues and it hasn't really been, I guess it hasn't been horrible. It's not horrible, but 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:18.360 trying to resolve some of the older stuff that we have got around us, it's starting to come 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:19.000 Backstone. 00:03:19.700 --> 00:03:21.020 It's a bit busier. 00:03:22.160 --> 00:03:23.500 Are these numbers right? 00:03:24.040 --> 00:03:26.800 Open felony cases, 691. 00:03:27.700 --> 00:03:32.960 Yeah, but those would also take into account, like, petitions to revoke that are felony offenses 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:33.220 too. 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:37.800 They are not, like, actual open offenses. 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:42.760 Like, the felony cases are open, but not pending new offenses that have never been resolved. 00:03:43.420 --> 00:03:47.820 They're generally speaking, probably less than half of that. 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:52.580 So that seems like kind of high knowledge on a very big county 00:03:52.580 --> 00:03:57.960 Yeah, I mean, we get a fair amount of felonies, so I can get a fair amount 00:03:57.960 --> 00:03:59.540 I suppose, yeah, that makes sense 00:03:59.540 --> 00:03:59.840 Yeah 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:05.080 Okay, anybody else have any questions for Mr. Lutz? No? Thanks 00:04:05.080 --> 00:04:06.920 Are you coaching? 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:07.920 I am 00:04:07.920 --> 00:04:11.000 The CF6 season will go to feel the dreams this weekend 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:17.680 So that practice was supposed to be today, but the weather changed that 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:28.140 What eight? Good. Ten. Ten. Okay. That's fine. Yeah. It's fine. Approbation? I haven't heard from Dr. McGee. 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:40.380 She told me the department had a meeting this morning. She had a conflict this morning, so she couldn't make it, but she did say to please reach out with any questions if anything was unclear, but she did include her report. 00:04:40.380 --> 00:04:59.580 Okay, State's Attorney, Mr. Larson. 00:04:59.580 --> 00:05:02.620 All right, you've got my report in front of you. 00:05:03.500 --> 00:05:09.080 Didn't close quite as many felonies this last month as we normally like to do. 00:05:09.080 --> 00:05:25.820 We had two prosecutors and our 7-Eleven and our victim and witness coordinator all went to Dallas for a conference focusing on violence against children. 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:28.340 It's been a longstanding conference. 00:05:28.340 --> 00:05:34.520 I went there when I was a new prosecutor and found it to be very worthwhile. 00:05:34.520 --> 00:05:40.660 That was paid for by the grant that we had received previously. 00:05:42.200 --> 00:05:47.440 So that might have something to do with us resolving a few fewer cases. 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:54.300 One of our third assistant state attorneys, Seth Balling, has moved on. 00:05:54.300 --> 00:06:04.500 He went to the Lee County State's Attorney's Office, which, you know, he got along well in our office and we liked him. 00:06:04.520 --> 00:06:34.040 he is getting married to an assistant public defender of course so moving to a different county did resolve some conflicts that we might otherwise have had to address but we're very happy for them both they're both great people beyond that I'd be happy to answer any questions you have any questions was it just because of the marriage or the pay or 00:06:34.040 --> 00:07:05.380 You know, Seth is a little bit of a taciturn man, and I didn't want to pry too much. One of the things he said is, well, they've got a 457 plan or something like that. I said, Seth, we have that. And he went, oh, I don't know. I don't know what the totality of it was, but I would say that he was an individual, I think, that took quite a bit of pride in being a felony prosecutor. 00:07:06.220 --> 00:07:15.920 and just due to our staffing, I had moved him down to misdemeanor court and I don't think he was very happy with that, although he never complained, he's not a complaint, but 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:20.280 in Lee County, he'll be back in Valley Court. 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:23.480 The only case is down there. 00:07:23.700 --> 00:07:23.980 Yeah. 00:07:24.980 --> 00:07:25.840 The prison. 00:07:26.980 --> 00:07:29.700 So you're short? 00:07:30.420 --> 00:07:30.800 Two now. 00:07:30.960 --> 00:07:31.400 Two now. 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:32.100 Yeah, okay. 00:07:34.430 --> 00:07:35.970 How long have you been short two? 00:07:35.970 --> 00:07:46.690 Well, we had that month where we were only short one, and then, I don't know, years, we've been down two. 00:07:46.690 --> 00:08:03.950 Okay. All right. So, still looking. We are. Okay. Good. In the class, graduate, or? Yeah, we got no resumes from the graduating class. 00:08:03.950 --> 00:08:11.950 We'll wait for people to take the bar exam in July and we'll post again and see what happens there 00:08:11.950 --> 00:08:35.450 That's it. Thank you. Thank you. All right, we'll move on to sort of question health. Good evening. Good evening. You should have my report if you have any questions, let me know. I do have two new employees. One's been there a little over a month and the other one a little over two. They're doing well. Hopefully they stay. 00:08:35.450 --> 00:08:42.050 Okay. I'm in the process of applying, again, for the Access to Justice grant in the past of 00:08:42.050 --> 00:08:49.210 the self-represented litigants. So I'm filling that out, and that's due next month, and hopefully 00:08:49.210 --> 00:08:50.530 we'll get some funds. 00:08:52.370 --> 00:08:55.570 Are those funds restricted to any certainty? 00:08:55.570 --> 00:09:17.510 The self-representant of litigants, we can use it for carbon orders on loaves, trying to get new printers in the courtroom, asking for guardian ad litem fees. Last year I was denied that, but I asked. 00:09:20.010 --> 00:09:27.540 So is that those two new ones bring you up to full statement? 00:09:28.100 --> 00:09:32.550 Okay, very good. Any other questions? 00:09:32.770 --> 00:09:47.410 Thank you, Chanel. All right, well, thank you. Use diversion fees in June, $526.79. Brings the total up to $2,620.78. 00:09:48.230 --> 00:09:54.290 Just as a note, one of the checks have that that was issued. 00:09:54.290 --> 00:09:55.090 Okay. 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:01.120 That probably explains the balance. 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:02.720 That was a little higher than I thought it was going to be. 00:10:03.460 --> 00:10:03.720 Okay. 00:10:04.560 --> 00:10:04.960 All right. 00:10:06.140 --> 00:10:06.460 Which one? 00:10:06.800 --> 00:10:07.320 Sorry. 00:10:07.540 --> 00:10:08.240 Which one? 00:10:08.380 --> 00:10:08.880 Hope wins. 00:10:09.420 --> 00:10:10.180 Hope wins. 00:10:12.220 --> 00:10:12.920 Thank you. 00:10:13.920 --> 00:10:14.400 Okay. 00:10:15.160 --> 00:10:16.700 Moving on to old business. 00:10:16.880 --> 00:10:17.400 I see none. 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:18.160 New business. 00:10:19.240 --> 00:10:21.300 Anybody have anything they'd like to bring up? 00:10:21.520 --> 00:10:22.200 Is the business? 00:10:23.300 --> 00:10:24.180 Seeing none. 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:27.440 Motion to adjourn. 00:10:27.580 --> 00:10:27.860 Second. 00:10:27.860 --> 00:10:36.980 Motion and a second for adjournment. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed. Same sign. Thank you for your time. Really appreciate it.