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Municipal Court Approved Amount: $ 0 Approved FTE: 0.00 Department Director: Mary Jane Grubb - Court Clerk Department Website: http://www.austintexas.gov/department/municipal-court Department Phone: 512-974-4800 Performance Measure Information Name: Average age of terminated cases (days) Description: This measure is a modified version of a National Center for State Courts CourTool that is used to assess case aging. Best practices include establishing targets by case type to audit and analyze procedures relating to the efficient processing of cases. The measure is used to report the average amount of time, in days, it takes to resolve a case from the time it is filed with the Court until the time it is closed(terminated). A filed case is defined as the date and time the Court receives an electronic or manual citation or complaint. A terminated case is defined as a case closed by dismissal, full payment, judicial waiver, jail credit, or community service. This measure does not include: juvenile cases that have been diverted;cases that have been terminated administratively;boot and tow cases; civil cases including civil bonds pending forfeiture(NISI) and license and weight cases. Cases created on behalf of higher courts for magistration are also excluded (higher charges. search warrants). Type: Result Current Data - Monthly 2021 Target Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. 2021 Actuals 220 181 174 194 226 210 294 174 205 207 181 196 194 198 History Data FY 2016 Actual FY 2017 Actual FY 2018 Actual FY 2019 Actual FY 2020 Actual FY 2020 Target FY 2021 Target 158 192 213 255 216 215 220