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CITY OF GEM LAKE RESOLUTION No. 2010-02 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS FOR CERTAIN TRAFFIC OFFENSES PURSUANT TO MINN. STAT. § 169.999 WHEREAS: The City is authorized to provide for the issuance of administrative citations for specific traffic offenses designated at Minn. Stat. § 169.999, subd. 1(b)(1), (2) and (3), in the amount designated at Minn. Stat. § 169.999, subd. 5, as it may be amended from time to time; and WHEREAS: The authority to issue administrative traffic citations authorized by this resolution is reserved by law exclusively to licensed peace officers; and WHEREAS: City peace officers may not issue administrative traffic citations in violation of Minn. Stat. § 169.999; and WHEREAS: The City is required to notify a recipient of an administrative traffic citation of his or her right to contest the citation and to appoint a neutral third party to hear and rule on challenges to administrative traffic citations authorized by this resolution; and WHEREAS: Minn. Stat. § 169.999 contains numerous requirements related to the issuance of administrative traffic citations including but not limited to prescribing a uniform traffic citation form, use and sharing of fine revenues, and other administrative measures; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEM LAKE, MINNESOTA: 1) The City hereby authorizes the issuance of administrative citations for traffic offenses designated at Minn. Stat. § 169.999, subd. 1(b)(1), (2) and (3), as it may be amended from time to time; and 2) The City hereby sets the fine for committing an administrative traffic violation designated by Minn. Stat. § 169.999 and this resolution at the amount designated by Minn. Stat. § 169.999, subd. 5, as it may be amended from time to time; and 3) The City hereby directs that only licensed peace officers may issue administrative traffic citations authorized by this resolution; and 4) The City hereby directs that no peace officer may issue an administrative traffic citation in violation of Minn. Stat. § 169.999; and 5) The City hereby directs that no administrative traffic citation authorized by this resolution may be issued to a holder of a commercial driver's license or the driver of a commercial vehicle in which the administrative violation was committed; and 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