Judge Ballinger Working to Save Taxpayers Money 


This post shares some of the things Judge Ballinger has done to manage and save your tax dollars. Paid for by Citizens for Judge Ballinger, John Shank, Treasurer, 1110 Pineridge Dr., Marion, Ohio 43302 

Working to Save Your Tax Dollars 

1. Judge Ballinger has established a Court Assistant Fund, which pays for interpreters and for services for victims of crime relieving the taxpayers of those costs.
2. She is holding offenders financially responsible for the services they receive from the courts. They are now charged a probation fee for their probation services. These monies help pay for probation officers thus relieving the taxpayers of this burden.
3. Judge Ballinger established a new policy that drunk driving offenders must pay their local fines and costs before they get driving privileges. This brings revenue directly into Marion.
4. Municipal Court and the Ohio State Highway Patrol have jointly purchased a visa/mastercard terminal so as to enable troopers to take payments at the site of a traffic stop for waivers and bonds.
5. Judge Ballinger has reduced daily costs of magistrates and the number of magistrate hours used in municipal court.
6. Municipal Court has implemented a collections program to retrieve outstanding fines and court costs.
7. Finally, Judge Ballinger will have a clerk retiring at the end of October. The remaining 8 clerks are taking steps to share responsibilities thus eliminating the need to fill this position. This $30,000 to $40,000 savings can be used by the city to put another police officer or fire fighter on the street.

Paid for by Citizens for Judge Ballinger, John Shank, Treasurer, 1110 Pineridge Dr., Marion, Ohio 43302 

Posted: Tue - October 4, 2005 at 06:35 AM          

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