(A) Any person convicted of an offense other than a minor misdemeanor and who is thereafter confined in a workhouse, prison, station house or County jail shall reimburse the city for its expenses incurred by reason of such confinement, including, but not limited to, the expenses relating to the provision of food, clothing and shelter. The amount of reimbursement shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in an amount and in the manner as provided by law. Subject to the discretion of the court, the court may impose costs of confinement as a part of the sentence of the person convicted and collect the costs of confinement at the time of sentencing or at such time thereafter as the Court in its discretion may provide.
(B) The Director of Law is hereby authorized to institute an appropriate civil action in the name of the city in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover from the convict the reimbursement for the expenses of his or her confinement in a workhouse, prison, station house or County jail as may be determined by the court in the manner provided by law.
(C) All amounts recovered for reimbursement of expenses of confinement shall be paid into the General Fund of the city.
(D) The per diem rate for reimbursement of expenses of confinement is hereby set at $85.
(Ord. 86-84, passed 11-19-1984; Ord. 28-90, passed 3-19-1990)