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265017 WHI7E - CITY CLERK �� � � � �� PINK - FINANCE CITY OF SAINT PAUL CANARY -"OEPARTMENT CO1111C11 BL,E• �AY�� File NO. � o ncil Resolution Presented By � R ed To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date WI3EREAS, Minnesota Statutes 1974, Section 488A.20, Subd. 4 (e) provides that each municipality within which a violation of a statute or ordinance has taken place will receive one—half of all fines or penalties collected in the Ramsey County Municipal Court, and the other half will be received by the County of Ramsey; and WHEREAS, the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. 75-052 adopted January 20 , 1975, requested the Ramsey County Delegation to the i975 Minnesota State Legislature to endorse and seek enactment of legislation whereby all revenue generated by the Ramsey County Municipal Court be paid directly to Ramsey County; and WHEREAS � the City of Saint Paul is in reoeipt of a report prepared by the County of Ramsey in support of its Resolution No. 75-052, which report speeifies that the total a�propria- tion fo� Ramsey County Municipal Court for 1975 is 2, 305,450, and that the total estimated revenue from the Municipal Court is �1�994,402; and WHEREAS, thi.s same report submitted by the County of Ra.msey states that the entire cost of �2, 305 ,450 must be paid by the County of Ramsey and that other municipalities are relieved of the finaneial burden of supporting the courts and thus receive a windfall estimated at �82g,000; and WI3EREAS, in actuality, revenues received from fines , penalties or fees generated within the Ramsey County Municipal Court which in.ure to the benefit of the City of Saint Paul are not, in fact, a '�windfall, " but, rather, such revenues are less than the actual expenditures incurred by the City COUIVCILMEN Requested by Departmeqt of: Yeas Nays Christensen Hozza In Favor Levine Rcedler Against BY Sylvester Tedesco President Hunt Form Ap ved by City Attorney Adopted by Council: Date Certified sed Council Secretary BY '' i Y Approv by Mayor• Date Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council By By WH17E - CITV CLERK ,����� PINK -�FINANCE C011l'ICll BLUERr- MAYQRTMENT GITY OF SAINT PAUL File NO. � � L � Council Resolution Presented By Referred To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date Page 2. of Saint Paul in generating such revenue ; and WHEREAS, it is estimated that the City of Saint Paul will reeeive as revenue from the Ramsey County Municipal Court, from fines , fees and penalties, between �620,000 and �648�000; and WHEREAS, the estimated s975 expenses of the City of Saint Paul in generating this revenue from the Ramsey County Municipal Court are as follows : (a) Salaries , costs and miscellaneous expenses incurred by the office of the City Attorney for the City of Saint Paul in preparing complaints and prosecuting petty misdemeanors and misdemeanors �or violations occurring witY�in the City of Saint Paul, an amount � of approximately �255,Q00. (Upon adoption of the proposed Rules of Criminal Procedure for courts in the State of Minnesota, it is estimated that the additional cost to the City Attorney will be approximately �137,000. ) (b) Estimated cost for the year i975 for the Saint Paul Police Department in initiating cases and appearing as wif�nesse� in criminal cases involving petty misdemeanors and misdemeanors in the City of Saint Paul is ���000. COUNCILMEN Requested by Department of: Yeas Nays Christensen Hozza [n Favor Levine Rcedier Against BY Sylvester Tedesco President Hunt Form Approved by City Attorney Adopted by Council: Date Certified Passed by Council Secretary BY By Approved by Mayor: Date Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council By By WHI7E - CITV CLERK ������� PINK - FINANCE TT COl1TIC11 �� '� i CANARY -'bEPARTMENT GITY OF SAINT PAI.} L BLUE ,r- MAYOR . . , � File N . � Council Resolution Presented By Referred To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date Page 3. (c ) Estimated cost for parking meter collectors for the City of Saint Paul in the year 1975 is �30, 902. (d) By virtue of state law, the City of Saint Paul is required to pay one-half of the ex- penses cf repairing, heating and maintaining the Saint Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Court House Building, within which the greater part of the Ramsey County Municipal Courts operate . (e ) All proceedings involving city health, building, housing, zoning and license code violations are precipitated by action taken by City of Saint Paul inspectors , who are paid solely by the City of Saint Paul. and WHEREAS, the above facts evidence that the expenses in- curred by the City of Saint Paul in generating revenue within the Ramsey County Municipal Court far exceed the revenues received by the City of Saint Paul from fines, fees, penalties and forfeitures collected in that Court; and WHEREAS , under the present status of the law, the City of Saint Paul sustains a further inequitable treatment in that the City Attorney' s office processes and prosecutes all misdemeanor violations brought by the Minnesota Highway Patrol COUNCILMEN Requested by Department of: Yeas Nays Christensen Hozza In Favor Levine Rcedler Against BY Sylvester Tedesco President Hunt Form Approved by City Attorney Adopted by Council: Date Certified Passed by Council Secretary BY By Approved by Mayor: Date Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council BY BY !: . - .. WHI7E - CITY CLERK � y' ,�) CANARY�-DEPA TMENT GITY OF SAINT PAUL COUI1C11 .���� ) . L � � BLUE i=*MAYOR File NO. '� � � Council Resolution Presented By Referred To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date Page 4. for violations occurring within the City of Saint Paul, and the City of Saint Paul receives no revenue from such fines resulting therefrom; and WHEREAS, under the law as it presently exists , the Gity of Saint Paul sustains a further inequity in that the City of Saint Paul receives no revenues from forfeiture of bail an.d bonds, despite the fact that the actions precipitating the bail and bond were primarily the actions of City inspectors, City police , City parking meter collectors , or the City Attorney' s office ; Now, Therefore , be it RESOLVED, that the Council of the Gity of Saint Paul opposes legislation which would provide that all revenue generated by the Ramsey County Municipal Court be paid directly to Ramsey County; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Counc il of the City of Saint Paul respectfully requests the Ramsey County Delegation to the 1975 Minnesota State Legislature to refuse en dorseme nt of legislation which would provide that all revenue generated by the Ramsey County Municipal Court would be paid directly to Ramsey County. COUPICILMEI�i Requested by Department of: Yeas Nays Christensen Hozza In Favor Levine Rcedler � Against BY Sylvester Tedesco President Hunt Adopted by Council: Date �8 1 a �s75 Form Approved by City Attorney Cer ' ' sed by ouncil Secretary BY By Approved by Mayor: Date jE8 f 4 1.9T5 Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council By By �,w�.� az�5