(a) Any person who is confined in the City jail shall be liable to reimburse the City for expenses incurred during the period of confinement, provided the person has the ability to pay.
(b) Confinement shall mean any person detained in jail, after arrest, awaiting trial or a bond hearing and includes any person sentenced by a judge to the City jail.
(c) Reimbursable expenses shall be for food, clothing, shelter, bed and bedding, lighting, heating, cooling, water and sewer charges, maintenance of upkeep of the jail including personnel time necessary to book prisoner in and out of jail.
(d) The reimbursable expense cost shall be forty dollars ($40.00) for each day of confinement. Each day of confinement shall mean each fractional or whole part of a twenty-four hour day, regardless of whether or not the prisoner serves a twenty-four hour actual confinement.
(e) (1) Before any convicted person is sentenced to the City jail, the Court shall hold a reimbursement hearing to determine the financial ability of the prisoner to pay the reimbursable expense cost set forth in subsection (d) or any part thereof.
(2) The reimbursement hearing shall be held in accordance with Ohio R.C. 2929.15.
(f) At any hearing held conducted for reimbursement expenses, the City Solicitor shall represent the City and institute the appropriate civil action to recover any court ordered reimbursement expenses pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2947.19. All reimbursement expenses shall be made payable to the City of Sebring.
(g) No person shall be turned away from jail and be permitted to escape actual incarceration because they have no financial income, resources or property in which to pay for their keep.
(h) No person found innocent by a jury or trial court shall be ordered to pay reimbursement expenses awaiting trial. (Ord. 1466-90. Passed 6-11-90.)