80-6349R104.
RESOLUTION NO. 6349
RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY .ADULT
DETENTION CENTER CHARGES
WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Board has adopted Resolution No. 80-9-719,
providing for the payment of a booking charge of $58.00 for each indivi-
dual booked in Hennepin County Adult Detention Center with such charge
against the committing jurisdiction, to become effective January 1, 1981,
and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 80-9-719, further provides for a residential
custody charge per quarter, day to be established and assessed against
committing jurisdictions effective~January 1,1982, and
WHEREAS, such charges would be unduly burdensome to this municipality,:
and
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WHEREAS, it is felt that these-charges would `unfairly distribute costs
to this municipality based on the performance~of its Police~~Division in'
' executing warrants for arrest that do not originate from this municipal-
ity'.s jurisdiction,. and
WHEREAS, there has not been .sufficient study completed of the statis-
tical breakdown of reasons for arrest (i.e., pursuant to warrant, viola-
tion of a felony statute, violation o€ state misdemeanor statute, viola-
tion of local ordinance), there is no accurate basis for determing the
"committing jurisdiction" to be charged pursuant to Resolution. No. 80-9-719,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this municipality opposes the im-
position of any booking charge on January 1, 1981, pursuant to Resolution
No. 80-9-719, and recommends that the Hennepin County Board take no
further action prior to the completion of sufficient studies to determine
where costs of the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center should properly
be distributed, and
BE IT FURTHE R RESOLVED, that no action be taken by the Hennepin County
Board in charging costs to this municipality prior to the completion of a
study of the state law applicable to cost-sharing in this context.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield this 15th
day of December, 1980.
r
d J. Pri Mayor
ATTEST:
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__ Sylv K. Bergh, .Acting ity Clerk