Judicial Services Report 2016, 225th Anniversary Edition

Office of Administrative Services One of two offices in Adult Probation & Parole Services (APPS), the Office of Administrative Services, is responsible for the administrative functions of APPS. The Collections Enforcement unit, responsible for collecting court-ordered fines, costs, and restitution, is also located in the Office of Administrative Services. Our Business Manager, Administrative Analyst, and all of Operations Support are also part of Administrative Services. This office works directly with the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas District Court Administration office, the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole , and various other probation/parole and criminal justice agencies within the Commonwealth. Providing effective community corrections is a “man-power intensive” business. APPS’ budget reflects this notion in that more than ninety percent (90%) of our budget is payroll services, while less than ten percent (10%) is opera- tions/administration.

Proposed 2016 agency expenses total $10,123,500.

In 2016, the Court/APPS will again make substantial contributions to organizational expenses by offsetting the entire expenses of five APPS cost centers (B1127, B1131, B1147, B1148, B1149) with matching revenue which is generated by su- pervision/administrative fees. In other words, these five cost centers operate at no cost to the County general fund. In ad- dition to revenue generated by supervision/administrative fees, APPS generates revenue through other sources such as electronic monitoring fees, community service insurance fees, etc. This fee-based revenue goes directly to the County general fund.

Additionally, it is anticipated that the Court/APPS will contribute $1,000,000 as a “County contributions” amount. This revenue is generated via the supervision fee and administrative fee revenue accounts of B1126.