Fiscal Year 2019 Budget

Beginning July 1, 2018 and ending June 30, 2019

Last updated: 4/11/18

Litigation

The Litigation Program is responsible for the pretrial, trial, disposition and appeals of lawsuits in federal and state courts. It supervises and manages litigation matters including personal injury cases, road defect cases, employment claims, civil rights claims, and contract disputes. Litigation support includes legal advice and representation of City employees in cases arising from the performance of their official duties. The Program also oversees the litigation of affirmative and non-litigation claims by the City against other parties. In addition, the Litigation Program manages contracts with special outside counsel and provides day to day liaison with the police department legal advisor and school department legal advisor for all litigation matters.


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title FY16 Expenditure FY17 Expenditure FY18 Appropriation FY19 Adopted Inc/Dec 18 vs 19
Personnel Services 943,456 863,384 1,005,366 1,077,625 72,259
Contractual Services 978,287 1,422,018 1,679,300 1,584,975 -94,325
Supplies & Materials 0 0 0 1,000 1,000
Current Chgs & Oblig 0 0 25,375 31,025 5,650
Equipment 0 0 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1,921,743 2,285,402 2,710,041 2,694,625 -15,416

Litigation
Performance Goals

Goal:

To defend the City against legal claims

Measure FY16 Actual FY17 Actual FY18 Target FY19 Target
New cases handled-Actual 1,234 1,220 1,474 1,200


Goal:

To maximize the recovery of funds to the City, including deliquent taxes

Measure FY16 Actual FY17 Actual FY18 Target FY19 Target
Affirmative recovery judgments and settlements-Actual 722,217 384,725 347,235 250,500


Goal:

To defend the City against legal claims

Measure FY16 Actual FY17 Actual FY18 Target FY19 Target
Claims Disposed 827 900 1,026 725