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Municipal court continues to see decline in case filings and revenue

Case filings and revenue continue to fall at the Cambridge Municipal Court

Case filings and revenue continue to fall at the Cambridge Municipal Court
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Community service program benefits workers as well as community

Community service program benefits workers as well as community The Daily Jeffersonian The 150 hours of community service Phillip Wannacey received  instead of 6 months in jail after being convicted of driving under suspension prevented him from losing everything.  I would of had a huge income loss. I would of lost my job and everything. I wouldn t have a house to live in, Wannacey said. Wannacey is one of the many non-violent, low-risk offenders that come through the Cambridge Municipal and receive community service to offset jail sentences or fines.   According to Wannacey, he was able to keep his job and learn time management skills as well. 

COVID-19 meant less cases, less revenue for municipal court last year

COVID-19 meant less cases, less revenue for municipal court last year Additional funding coming from city coffers The Daily Jeffersonian Cambridge Municipal Court faced a number of challenges last year due to COVID-19, according to Magistrate Teresa Liston.   That included keeping the court moving forward and ensuring the operations were conducted safely. But the biggest challenge, according to Liston, was a substantial revenue reduction due to fewer case filings or new cases. Case filings in the court were reduced by more than 50% from 2019. In 2019, the court heard 12,442 and only 6,355 new case filings in 2020. That led to a revenue reduction 13 percent. Less collection of outstanding fines and costs also contributed to loss of funding.

Evictions expected to rise

The Daily Jeffersonian Evictions rate were down in Cambridge in 2020 and into 2021 in Guernsey County, but Magistrate Teresa Liston, Cambridge Municipal Court and Jesse Moses, attorney, Southeastern Ohio Legal Services (SEOLS) expect to see that change soon. Court records show that in 2018 there 122 filings for eviction cases, in 2019, there were 94 and in 2020 there were only 60. Liston and Moses both attributed the decline in evictions to the COVID-19 pandemic and the moratorium put in place to temporarily halt evictions until the pandemic passes. According to Moses at the onset of the pandemic there was a bit of scrambling in trying to figure out what legislation was coming about and what aide could be provided. 

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