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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: Number of cases filed - Total Description: The number of cases filed is a direct result of the number of citations issued by the Austin Police Department (APD) and other departments/agencies that issue citations filed in the Municipal Court. For this reason, the budgeted (expected) and estimated number of cases filed are not meant to imply any citation issuance requirements by law enforcement agencies including APD; rather, this measure reflects the workload for Municipal Court staff and allows the Department to track resource allocation. The types of cases filed include traffic, city ordinance, state class C misdemeanors, parking, and red light camera violations. Type: Output Current Data - Monthly 2021 Target Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. 2021 Actuals 200000 9494 9640 8608 8769 4676 8721 15223 11383 13130 14407 13161 11761 128988 History Data FY 2016 Actual FY 2017 Actual FY 2018 Actual FY 2019 Actual FY 2020 Actual FY 2020 Target FY 2021 Target 323504 306689 239367 185602 139801 210000 200000