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§ 34.03 ENHANCED 911 SERVICE FEE.
   (A)   (1)   A monthly fee of $2.75 per telephone access line will be collected by the telephone service supplier to pay to the county for the lease, purchase or maintenance of enhanced emergency telephone equipment (E911), including necessary computer hardware, software and date base provisioning; and the rates charged by the service suppliers’ enhanced emergency telephone system network services.
      (2)   However, the monthly fee shall not be assessed against and the enhanced emergency telephone service shall not hereby be provided to those county residents on the following exchanges:
         (a)   Eminence; and
         (b)   Jamestown.
   (B)   In no event shall the charge provided for herein exceed 10% of the average monthly telephone access line charge in the county. In the event the charge provided for hereunder would exceed 10% of the average monthly telephone access line charge, then it shall be reduced accordingly to an amount that does not exceed said 10%.
   (C)   The Treasurer of the county shall deposit the remitted fees into a separate fund known as the Putnam County Emergency Telephone System Fund. The Treasurer may invest money in the Fund in the same manner that other monies are invested, with the interest earned from such investment to be deposited in that Fund. Funds from the Putnam County Emergency Telephone System Fund may only be spent with the approval and upon the appropriation of the County Council.
(Ord. 082890, passed 8-28-1990; Ord. passed 12-15-2009)
§ 34.04 FUNDS FOR HOUSING PRISONERS.
   (A)   The County Jail houses prisoners on a per diem basis for jurisdictions other than Putnam County and for the Department of Corrections at a rate of $35 per day.
   (B)   As deemed by the County Council that the funds for the housing of prisoners held for entities other than Putnam County shall be handled as follows.
      (1)   All funds are to be directly provided from the DOC to the County Treasurer.
      (2)   The County Treasurer is to immediately notify the Sheriff Department of DOC payments received. Then the Sheriff’s Department is to audit the payments received from the DOC against their prisoner records and make out a report of collections to be submitted to the County Auditor.
      (3)   The Auditor is to disburse the funds as follows:
         (a)   Twenty dollars per each prisoner per diem shall be distributed to the County Sheriff’s Department jail budget. These funds shall be used for the reimbursement of the Sheriff Department and jail’s expenses related to housing of prisoners from other jurisdictions of the Department of Corrections and/or on such other expenditures as approved by the County Board of Commissioners;
         (b)   The County Council must approve the expenditure of these funds by the Sheriff’s Department; and
         (c)   Fifteen dollars per each prisoner per diem shall be distributed to the County General Fund and be included in the monthly Auditor report.
(Res. 2006-07-18, passed 7-18-2006; Res. 2008-04-15, passed 4-15-2008)
§ 34.05 NON-SUFFICIENT FUND CHECK FEE.
   (A)   All drafters of checks made payable to Putnam County, Indiana that are returned for non-sufficient funds shall be charged a $20 NSF fee.
   (B)   The $20 NSF fee will be divided equally between the department receiving the check and the County General Fund.
(Ord. 2007-6-4, passed 6-4-2007)
§ 34.06 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY SERVICE CHARGE ACCOUNT.
   (A)   Fund established. There is hereby created and established, pursuant to I.C. 13-25-6-2, a service charge account to be designated as the Putnam County Emergency Management Service Charge Account.
   (B)   Fees. There are further established fees which may be collected be the County EMA for the expense of response and support when vehicles are involved in fire or hazardous material incident or spill on any roadway. Fees are established in accordance with Indiana Administrative Code (675 I.A.C. 12-3 et seq.) and shall be computed as follows:
      (1)   For initial response, $250; and
      (2)   For each hour or fraction there of on-the-scene assistance, $150.
   (C)   Collection of fees. Fees shall be collected pursuant to I.C. 13-25-6-2. Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in a separate account to be known as the Putnam County E.M.A. Service Charge Account and shall be expended with additional appropriation pursuant to I.C. 13-25-6-2 for equipment or supplies.
   (D)   Retention of funds. Money in the Putnam County E.M.A. Service Charge Account shall be kept in an account in place and manner as directed by the office of County Auditor.
(Ord. 2005-10-17, passed 10-17-2005)
§ 34.07 WEBSITE SPONSORSHIP FEE.
   (A)   In 2004 the County Board of Commissioners established a website for county government and its website address is www.co.putnam.in.us.
   (B)   There is an annual cost to the county in maintaining and updating the website.
   (C)   As a way to defray some of the cost of this maintenance and updating, sponsorships can be sold and those sponsors will be listed as a sponsor on the website.
   (D)   The cost of the sponsorship will be $52 per year.
   (E)   The sponsorship funds shall be made payable to the County Treasurer, and the Treasurer shall maintain records of all deposits for said sponsorships.
(Ord. 2005-4-4-1, passed 4-4-2005)
§ 34.08 REAL PROPERTY ENDORSEMENT FEE.
   (A)   The Board of Commissioners of Putnam County, Indiana, does hereby determine that a need exists to implement a fee requiring the Putnam County Auditor to collect $10 for each deed, or legal description of each parcel contained in the deed, for which the Auditor makes a real property endorsement, pursuant to I.C. 36-2-9-18.
   (B)   This section allows the Auditor to collect $10 for each deed, or legal description of each parcel contained in the deed, for which the Auditor makes a real property endorsement.
   (C)   This fee is in addition to any other fee provided by law.
   (D)   The Auditor shall place revenue received under this section in a dedicated fund for use in maintaining plat books, in traditional or electronic format.
(Ord. 1989-891106, passed 11-6-1989; Ord. 2005-4-4, passed 4-4-2005; Ord. 2019-8-5-2, passed 8-5-2019)
§ 34.09 SUPPLEMENTAL JURY FEE.
   (A)   A juror of a circuit, superior, county or probate court or a member of a grand jury is entitled to the sum of the following:
      (1)   Except as provided in division (D) below, an amount for mileage at the mileage rate paid to state officers and employees for each mile necessarily traveled to and from the court.
      (2)   Payment at the rate of:
         (a)   Thirty dollars for each day the juror is in actual attendance in court until the jury is impaneled;
         (b)   Eighty dollars for each day the juror is in actual attendance after the jury is impaneled through the fifth day of trial; and
         (c)   Ninety dollars for each day the juror is in actual attendance from the sixth day of trial until the jury is discharged.
   (B)   A county fiscal body may adopt an ordinance to pay from county funds a supplemental fee in addition to the fees prescribed by division (A)(2) above.
   (C)   For purposes of this section, a prospective juror who is summoned for jury duty and who reports to the summoning court on the day specified in the summons is in actual attendance on that day, regardless of whether the prospective juror is not seated or is removed under I.C. 35-37-1.
   (D)   A county, city, or town fiscal body may adopt an ordinance providing for the payment by the county, city, or town of the parking fees incurred by jurors of circuit, superior, county, and probate courts and members of grand juries. If a county, city, or town fiscal body adopts an ordinance under this division (D), the county, city, or town may pay the parking fees incurred by a juror of a circuit, superior, county, or probate court or a member of a grand jury instead of paying the juror or grand jury member an amount for mileage at the rate provided in division (A)(1) above.
(I.C. 33-37-10-1)
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