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CITY OF RENTON
AGENDA - Committee of the Whole Meeting
5:15 PM - Monday, July 8, 2024
7th Floor Council Chambers/Videoconference
1. STATE OF THE COURT
a) Presentation
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State of the Court
July 8, 2024
CITY OF RENTON MUNICIPAL COURT
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Our Team
•Monthly All-Staff Meetings
•Weekly Leadership Meetings
•Team Organizational Trainings
•Team Building Events
•Team Professional
Development Opportunities
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Renton Municipal Youth Traffic Court
•Restorative Justice
•New Driver
Education and
Accountability
•Empowers Youth
•State Board
Members
•State Conference
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Renton Municipal Community Court
Healing the
community
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individual.
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Mental Health Calendars
•Response to Mental
Health Crisis
•Public Safety
•Reduce Incarceration
•Connect Defendants to
Mental Health Services
•Forensic Navigation
Services Coordination
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Collaboration with Peer Kent
•Peer based navigation services.
•In courtrooms, therapeutic
courts.
•SCORE presence.
•Treatment accessibility.
•Individualized resource
connections.
•Court and community
relationship building.
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In-Person Court Appearances
•Piloting “default” in-person appearance for pretrial calendars.
•Focus on procedural justice.
•Improved customer service/access to peer navigator.
•Connecting clients with attorneys.
•Waiver of presence court rule.
•Virtual appearances available upon motion.
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Community Outreach
•Law Day
•Constitution Day
•Mock Trials
•Judges in the Classroom
•Judicial Community
•District & Municipal Court
Judges Association Board
•Therapeutic Courts Board
•Trueblood State Committee
•DMCJA Diversity Committee
•Municipal Judges Breakout
Room
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Technology
•Text Message Alerts
•Virtual Court Access for Identified Calendars
•Remote Jury Selection
•Department of Corrections/King County Jail Virtual Appearances
•Virtual Courtroom Introduction Video
•OCourt Software
•Transition to Statewide Court of Limited
Jurisdiction Case Management Software
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•Continued expansion of therapeutic resources.
•Innovating new methods of court accessibility.
•Expanding access to interpreter services.
•Improving court security procedures.
•Supporting professional growth of team members.
Customer Service Driven Access to Justice
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