Court Administration

About Financial Resources Facilities Security

About

The Court Administrative Services department oversees several functions of the General Division and is supervised by the Director of Finance.

William Lashley
Director of Finance
Phone – (937) 225-6000

Finance

Court Administrative Services staff act as a liaison between the General Division and the Montgomery County Auditor’s Office in all areas involving payroll, employee time records and leave allowances, as well as the County’s other employee programs. In addition, staff processes fines and court cost payments, as well as restitution fees paid by offenders, to ensure disbursement to the appropriate departments. It maintains the accounting and financial records for the Court’s budget development, and provides monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on court cost and restitution accounts, and oversees the daily deposit activity of the Criminal Justice Services department.

Purchasing

Again at the direction of the DCA, employees within this department make all acquisitions for the General Division. This includes the purchase of all office supplies and furniture. Staff also processes payments for continuing judicial education fees.

For detailed information on Vendor OnBoarding, please check Business With The Court web page.

Grant Management

Court Administrative Services staff prepares and processes numerous grants throughout any given year. Grant proceeds are used to fund special programs that the General Division utilizes — Drug Court, Women’s Therapeutic Court, Veterans Treatment Court, the Secure Transitional Offender Program, and the Day Reporting Center, to name a few.

Budget

The allocation, acquisition, and management of the Court’s budget impacts every court operation and determines whether our Court can achieve its mission. Accordingly, the General Division must employ effective management controls to account for their use of public funds and measure the outcomes produced with the Court’s budget. These controls include:

Setting priorities and managing demands on existing Court resources
Linking resources allocation and requests to fundamental Court purposes.
Ensuring judicial independence and that essential Court functions are funded

Facilities

The Court Administrative Services department is tasked with ensuring that all buildings that house General Division offices, including any equipment and furnishings, are in good working order. This includes keeping abreast of all County and City safety and building codes, and ensuring that they are followed.

Another very important aspect of facilities management includes the development of a Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) in the event a natural disaster occurs and the General Division is required to carry out its business at another location.

Security

It is the responsibility of Court Administrative Services staff to ensure that security measures are in place to help protect General Division employees, judges, judicial staff, and the public. These measures include the installation and monitoring of cameras in and around the courthouse and other buildings that house General Division, the installation and monitoring of metal detectors at all entrances, and the development of training programs for all employees to keep up to date on the most effective safety and security practices.