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Judicial compliance office requests extra receptionist/collector as cases rise

5362018 · June 24, 2025
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Summary

Cheryl Kiel, head of Judicial Compliance, told commissioners caseloads have grown from 2,917 cases in FY-23 to 3,564 in FY-24 and asked for one full-time receptionist/collector to handle higher collection workload and more cases year-to-date.

Cheryl Kiel, director of Judicial Compliance, presented a request to commissioners for an additional full-time receptionist/collector to handle growth in case volume and court collections.

Kiel said Judicial Compliance handles five justice-of-the-peace courts, three county courts and four district-court judges and that case counts rose from 2,917 in 2023 to 3,564 in 2024. For the current fiscal year-to-date she reported an advance of 522 new cases compared with the same period a year earlier (2,972 new cases vs. 2,450 in the prior year period).

Kiel said her office currently has three full-time and one part-time collector and that the proposed receptionist/collector position would greet clients and handle payments and collection paperwork at the front counter; she framed the request as workforce alignment with rising caseloads.

Commissioners thanked Kiel for the presentation and did not take formal action; the item was recorded for the FY-26 budget discussion.