Brief Budget Overview

Colorado Judicial Branch FY2011 Budget Summary

The FY2011 Judicial Branch total budget request is for $345.9 million ($225.8 million general fund). This represents a decrease over the FY2010 appropriation of $14.0 million or 5.9% decrease in general funds. This decrease is primarily due to: • • • • • • • •

$12.5 million due to a reduction of 9% of all non-judge positions (266.0 FTE); $3.1 million related to the FY10 personal services cut; $2.9 million and 43.0 FTE associated with an additional 6 month delay (for a total of 18 months) of the third year of the HB07-1054 judgeships; $1 million related to refinance the general fund appropriation for county courthouse capital from one-time savings from the judgeship delay; $1.4 million in health, life, dental savings attributed to the elimination of 266 FTE; $1 million general fund savings by bringing Public Access in-house; $445k due to the 0.20 % common policy personal services reduction; and $300k in operating cuts.

These decreases are partially offset by statewide common policy increases as follows: • $3.1 million for the FY10 personal services cut restoration; • $1.9 million for AED/SAED increases; and • $820k general fund common policy increase due to health life dental rate increases.

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