Any person claiming a reward for information provided to the City police department or prosecutors which results in the arrest and conviction of a person or persons charged with a crime for which a reward was offered pursuant to § 9.54.020 must complete, execute under penalty of perjury and file a claim with the City police department before the City will consider whether to pay a reward to that person. The claim cannot be filed before the person charged with the crime is arrested. If more than one person is arrested for the crime, a separate claim form shall be filed for each defendant. The claim form shall be in a format approved by the Police Chief and City Attorney, but shall at a minimum include the following types of information: (1) name and address of claimant; (2) amount of claimed reward; (3) description of crime for which reward is sought; (4) general description of information provided and the date(s) on which the information was provided to the City police or prosecutors; (5) a statement that the claim is subject to the terms of this Chapter 9.54; (6) a statement that the claimant will fully cooperate with the City's police department and assigned county, state or federal prosecutors, including furnishing additional information and providing testimony before, during or after trial; (7) a statement recognizing that no reward may be paid if conviction occurs more than five years after the last date on which information is supplied by the claimant to the City police department or prosecutors; (8) a statement recognizing that the reward is limited to the total amount provided for in the offer of reward, that other persons may also claim entitlement to the reward, that the reward may be apportioned amongst such other claimants, that the reward may be apportioned amongst more than one defendant, and that in the event of a dispute the City Manager and Police Chief shall have the final and exclusive decision as provided for in § 9.54.070 below; (9) a statement that payment of any reward is conditioned upon the information provided resulting in a conviction against the person about whom the information was provided; and (10) a statement that no other offer or promise has been made to the claimant except as provided in the offer of reward and as limited by this Chapter 9.54.
(Ord. 3136 § 2 (part), 2013.)