(A) (1) The City Court shall collect an $18.30 per count, Court enhancement fee for each case in which a fine, sanction, penalty or assessment is imposed by the City Court and cause it to be placed monthly in the Court Enhancement Fee Account. The enhancement fee shall not apply to any violation that is dismissed by the Court or through the motion of any prosecution agency or for any violation that is resolved through the defendant’s participation in a certified defensive driving program that does not become more than 90 days’ delinquent on Court imposed fees, sanctions, penalties or assessments. This fee shall be in addition to any other fine imposed and shall be collected from any individual or business for each account.
(2) All funds collected shall be used to supplement, not supplant, the funding levels provided the Court in current and future fiscal years.
(3) The fee for the public defender per defendant shall be $100. If the Judge of the City Court or a duly appointed Judge pro tempore determines that a person appearing before the Court is indigent, the Court may reduce the amount of this fee.
(4) (a) The Judge of the City Court shall annually submit a written plan proposing how the justice enhancement funds will be used for the following year.
(b) This plan shall be submitted routinely, coinciding with the annual budget preparation.
(B) Warrant fees shall be $75. Driver’s license suspension fees shall be $20.
(Prior Code, § 2-6.03)
(C) (1) The City Court is hereby authorized and directed to assess a $7 Court processing fee representing the costs incurred by the Court in processing credit and debit card payments for fines, penalties, surcharges and fees owed to the Court.
(2) This fee shall be in addition to any other fine, fee, assessment or surcharge imposed and shall be collected from any individual or business using a credit or debit card for form of payment.
(3) All funds collected in accordance with this section shall be deposited in an account for use by the Court, shall supplement, not supplant, funds appropriated to the Court through the city’s budget process, and shall be used in the discretion of the presiding Judge to defray expenses associated with Court staff, technology, operations and/or facilities.
(D) (1) The City Court shall collect a $25 fee for each order to show cause issued by the Court for any order to show cause that is required for failure to appear, failure to pay, failure to provide proof of completion or completion of Court-ordered diversion and plea agreement programs and any other order to show cause where the Court seeks to enforce or ascertain the status of any Court order.
(2) This fee shall be in addition to any other fine, fee, assessment or surcharge imposed and shall be collected from any individual or business for each order to show cause.
(3) All funds collected shall be used to supplement, not supplant, the funding levels provided the Court in current and future fiscal years.
(4) (a) The Judge of the City Court shall annually submit a written plan proposing how the City Court enhancement funds will be used for the following year.
(b) This plan shall be submitted routinely, coinciding with the annual budget preparation.
(Ord. 848, passed - -2005; Ord. 851, passed - -2006; Ord. 890, passed - -2007; Ord. 913, passed 5-13-2010; Ord. 917, passed 4-28-2011; Ord. 938, passed 12-12-2014)