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RECEIVED OCT 6 M994 <br />MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE JURISDICTIONS <br />WHICH CONTRACT WITH RAMSEY:COUNTYSHERIFF'S . DEPARTMENT <br />FOR POLICE SERVICES <br />September 15, 199.4 <br />++++-1+-1-++++++++++++++++++++++-{++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ <br />Joel Hanson, Chair, called the meeting to order at 736 a.m. The <br />following members were present: <br />- Jerry Bergeron, Commander, Ramsey County Sheriff's Department <br />Bill Ecklund, City of North Oaks <br />Joel. Hanson, City of Little Canada <br />Dorothy Person, City of Arden Hills <br />Terry Schwerm, City of Shoreview <br />Bill Short, White Bear Township <br />Gerry Urban, City of Vadnais Heights <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />The Minutes of August 18, 1994,.were approved as submitted. <br />SUE ALLIEGRO. & DAVID LUNDSTROM <br />It was noted that Judge Fitzpatrick was invited to today's <br />meeting, but was not able to attend. <br />Sue Alliegro, Ramsey County District Court Administrator, was <br />present to discuss the court's fine practices. She explained <br />that some Ramsey County Judges do not assess full fine levels to <br />all violators because they don't think that they can afford to <br />pay them, and also because of poor collection results. Under a <br />new fine collection procedure, Judges have now been taken out of <br />the process. <br />David W. Lundstrom, Ramsey County Court Administrator (Criminal & <br />Traffic Division), explained the new two -phased approach to <br />collecting fines as follows: <br />Phase 1: The County has hired a professional Fine Collection. <br />Manager from the private sector, who follows up non -payments <br />with phone calls and can put violators on a payment schedule. <br />Since hiring the Fine Collection Manager, fine collections have <br />increased by 24%. This collection process reduces the need <br />to issue warrants to the violators who don't pay their fines. <br />Phase 2: Utilizes the State of Minnesota Revenue Department <br />(Minnesota Collection Enterprises), to collect fines, by way of <br />access to income tax returns. They can also perform "skip" <br />tracings to find valid addresses. <br />Ramsey County is the first "pilot" project to utilize this <br />approach to collection. The goal will be to collect fines as <br />