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River <br /> <br />Police Department <br /> <br />Item <br /> <br />5.3. <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />Mayor & City Council <br /> <br />Assistant Chief Jeffrey Beahen <br /> <br />06-14-01 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Parking Enforcement Change <br /> <br />The local District Judges have requested that we change the fine <br />schedule and format of our City parking ticket. The new judges feel that <br />our current ticket creates a paperwork burden on both the County <br />Attorney's Office and the Court System itself. <br /> <br />Their first request was to change our current fines to match those on the <br />District Court Uniform Fine Schedule. Our parking tickets carried a fine of <br />$15.00. The Uniform Fine Schedule carries a fine for parking violations of <br />$20.00. <br /> <br />The second request was to create a place on the ticket to display a <br />statute or ordinance number that cites the actual violation. Currently <br />there is not a place to record this information. Recently a segment of <br />parking tickets were dismissed by Judge Varco for lack of probable <br />cause. Adding the statute or ordinance number would have resolved his <br />issues with the tickets. <br /> <br />Last, they requested that we make changes in the manner that the tickets <br />are handled when the fine is not paid. The current method is to forward <br />the ticket to the County Attorney for a formal complaint. The requested <br />change is to bypass the formal complaint process and have the officer <br />issue a citation or summons to appear in court if the parking ticket is not <br />paid. <br /> <br /> <br />