1B, Administrative Fines for Traffic Offenses

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6) The City hereby directs the appointment of a neutral third party to hear and rule on challenges to administrative traffic citations authorized by this resolution. Such appointment may be renewed annually at the first meeting of the year as all other Council appointments, or more immediately as the Council directs, in its sole, reasonable discretion; 7) The City hereby adopts the uniform administrative traffic citation form prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Safety; 8) The City hereby authorizes City staff to create materials as necessary to supplement the uniform administrative traffic citation to provide recipients of an administrative traffic citation with information related, but not limited to, the recipient's right to challenge the citation; the City's process for handling challenges to administrative traffic citations; the location, dates, and times designated to hear traffic citation challenges; the process for paying a traffic citation; and the effect of an administrative traffic citation on a recipient's driving record; and 9) City staff is hereby directed to inform the Commissioner of Public Safety of the passage of this resolution; 10) The City designates the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department, as the law enforcement agency for the City, as its agent for the management of the administrative traffic citation program. Personnel of the Sheriff's Department shall apply the State law, this resolution, and any procedural ordinance adopted by the City relating to administrative traffic citations to carry out the program. The Sheriff's Department shall assign hearing cases to hearing officers appointed by the City. The Sheriff's Department shall collect and administer revenue and expenses of the administrative traffic citations issued in the City, and separately account for administrative traffic citations authorized by this resolution. The Department shall account for the portion of fine revenue that must be applied to law enforcement expenditures. The Sheriff's Department shall provide. the City with information about the program required to be included in City financial reports, summaries, and audits in keeping with common accounting practices and standards; The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was proposed by Council member and was duly seconded by Council member and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor: And the following voted against the same: Whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of ,on ,20 Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk or City Administrator