City of Columbus - File #: 1044-2006

• File #: 1044-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/31/2006
• In control: Safety Committee
• On agenda: 6/19/2006
• Final action: 6/23/2006
• Title: To authorize and direct the Franklin County Municipal Court Clerk to enter into contract with political subdivisions in Franklin County for the purpose of instituting a remote booking and bond-out service; to authorize the Clerk to charge up to a $35 fee for each defendant booked; to establish a special fund for the purpose of depositing monies received from participating political subdivisions; to appropriate an amount up to, but not to exceed, the cash in the fund not encumbered for any other purpose within the special purpose fund; to authorize the expenditure of those funds received and limited for the purpose of expenditures incurred by the Clerk's office to provide this service; and to declare an emergency.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/23/2006	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
6/22/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
6/19/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
6/19/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO-TEM	Signed
6/8/2006	1	MuniCrtClerk Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/8/2006	1	MUNICRTCLERK DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/8/2006	1	MuniCrtClerk Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/8/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/8/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/8/2006	1	MuniCrtClerk Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/8/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/8/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/8/2006	1	MuniCrtClerk Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/8/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
6/8/2006	1	MuniCrtClerk Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council

Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Franklin County Municipal Court Clerk is seeking approval from Council to initiate a remote booking and bond-out service for the purpose of providing county law enforcement agencies the option to book and bond-out non-violent misdemeanor defendants at their local police station in lieu of transporting the defendant to the Franklin County jail; thus, saving police and their political jurisdiction: arrest turn around time; transport and jail booking costs (each day in jail costs the arresting police agency approximately $70 per day), and free up jail space for more dangerous offenders.

This ordinance authorizes the Franklin County Municipal Court Clerk to institute a remote booking and bond-out service; to allow up to a $35 fee assessed per defendant; to establish a fund for the deposit of this fee; to authorize an appropriation of cash within this fund; and to authorize an expenditure of those funds received.

Emergency Designation: This ordinance is being submitted as an emergency measure to free-up additional space in the Franklin County jail and to bring relief to the jail-overcrowding problem at the earliest possible date.

FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance establishes a special fund for the receipt of up to a $35 fee per defendant and authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of cash received within this fund for any processing expenditures incurred.

Title

To authorize and direct the Franklin County Municipal Court Clerk to enter into contract with political subdivisions in Franklin County for the purpose of instituting a remote booking and bond-out service; to authorize the Clerk to charge up to a $35 fee for each defendant booked; to establish a special fund for the purpose of depositing monies received from participating political subdivisions; to appropriate an amount up to, but not to exceed, the cash in the fund not encumbered for any other purpose within the special purpose fund; to authorize the expen...