(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 of Newton Falls for its expenses incurred by reason of such confinement including but not limited to the expenses relating to the provisions 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.
(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 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.