City of DallasFrank Librio at Dallas City Hall was kind enough to pass along this a.m. the latest report from the Office of City Auditor, which has determined that the city's been losing a small fortune in muni court revenue since 2006. Why come? A bunch of reasons, actually, all of which are available in the 21-page doc, which you'll find here in its entirety. But long story short:Cases are not timely resolved. Dallas Municipal Court is overwhelmed by requests for court adjudication. ... Dallas
Back in March, the Office of the City Auditor noted that the Dallas Municipal Court system is all kinds of messed up. Which is why the Dallas City Council's set to get briefed Wednesday on an efficiency study aimed at cleaning up the mess -- though how much time the council spends with the briefing on Wednesday's a bit iffy, as it shares agenda space with a detailed 181-page preliminary FY2009-'10 budget sneak preview sure to eat up most of the day.This much is certain, though: The team charged
From the muni court efficiency study ... As mentioned yesterday, the Dallas Municipal Court efficiency study's on the agenda for tomorrow's council briefing; it actually makes its bow this afternoon at 2 during the Legislative Ad Hoc Committee meeting. And, yes, right at the top of the briefing doc, First Assistant City Manager Ryan Evans is upfront about the intentions of the study, which is being assembled by a team of a dozen city officials ranging from Judge Daniel Solis to Dallas police hig
With all the talk this week of the Dallas Municipal Court system's inefficiency, one can't help but giggle just a wee bit at this "service alert" just sent out by Frank Librio at Dallas City Hall:
The Municipal Building located at 2014 Main Street is closed today because the air conditioning unit is not operating at this time. The cases of all Defendants who have appearances at 1:30 pm today will be automatically reset, and those Defendants do not have to come to Court today.If you feel the nee
