(a) Any offender sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the Euclid City Jail shall, upon release from imprisonment, be required to reimburse the City for all reasonable expenses incurred by the City for such imprisonment. Reasonable expenses subject to reimbursement include, but are not limited to, expenses relating to the provision of food, clothing, shelter, medical or dental care and personal hygiene products. The actual amount of reimbursement shall be determined by the court which sentenced the offender and in the manner required by Ohio R.C. 2929.223.
(b) In addition to any penalties ordered by the court or otherwise required by law, in the event an offender fails to satisfy a judgment of reimbursement, the Director of Law is hereby authorized to institute an appropriate civil action in the name of the City to recover any or all of the unpaid portion of the judgment of reimbursement.
(c) The term "offender" as used in this section shall have the same meaning as provided in Ohio R.C. 2929.01.
(d) All amounts recovered for reimbursement of expenses shall be deposited into the City's General Fund.
(Ord. 111-1998. Passed 5-18-98; Eff. 6-18-98.)