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Regular City Council Meeting <br />August 18 2003 <br />Page 8 <br />Councilman Plata said that there is an increase in wages, but you said that was <br />in anticipation of time of administrative search warrants and in anticipation of <br />an increase in ordinance violation filing. He said that he mentioned the same <br />thing last year because you anticipated more ordinance violations and he had <br />a problem with that because last year they went to this historical thing so much <br />they never did anything with the housing. Judge Hunt said that last year he <br />proposed the same amount and it was cut back to the amount for 2001-2002, <br />$45,000.00. He said the actual amount in 2000-2001 was $47,262.00 and as of <br />the current date they are at $47,000.00. The Judge said his job is to hear cases <br />and he sees about 350 to 400 defendants a month. He had 21 cases on his <br />docket Wednesday, and he has 8 jury cases for the next jury docket. <br />Judge Hunt noted that he does not receive retirement benefits. He is actually <br />a contract employee and the health insurance is the only benefit that he <br />receives. Councilman Plata asked how many days he works for the City of <br />Paris. Judge Hunt said he has a docket call every Monday morning from 9:00 <br />until about 12:00 to 1:00 P.M. He has juvenile docket on Tuesday at 3:00 <br />P.M., until about 5:30 P.M. He has a docket every Wednesday from 9:00 A.M., <br />until 12:00 noon, unless it is a trial date. Then, he has trials from 9:00 A.M. <br />unti15:00 P.M. He has property hearings one time a month. He has jury trials <br />scheduled one day a month and they do not happen on a daily basis. Judge <br />Hunt said he was there every day to arraign people. <br />Councilwoman Neeley said that last year he asked for the $3,000.00 increase <br />in salary. City Manager Malone explained that he works by the hour and he <br />placed that increase in the budget because he is working more hours. <br />Councilman Guest asked how much was collected last year, and Judge Hunt <br />said approximately $600,000.00. He said that if they had a clerk and all she <br />worked on were collections, they would increase that amount drastically. Judge <br />Hunt stated that, at this point, he has four clerks and one of the reasons he <br />spends less time is because he has a Court Clerk that has been there 25 years <br />