80-2893 CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County,Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO. 80-2893
RESOLUTION OPPOSING HENNEPIN COUNTY BOARD
RESOLUTION NO. 80-9-179, PROVIDING FOR THE
PAYMENT OF A BOOKING CHARGE OF $58. 00 FOR
EACH INDIVIDUAL BOOKED IN HENNEPIN COUNTY
ADULT DETENTION CENTER, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1,
1981.
WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Board has adopted Resolution No.
80-9-719, providing for the payment of a booking charge of $58 . 00 for
each individual booked in Hennepin County Adult Detention Center against
the committing jurisdiction in the amount of $58. 00 per person, to become
effective January 1, 1981, and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 80-9-719 further provides for a resi-
dential custody charge per quarter day to be established and assessed
against committing jurisdictions effective January 1, 1981, and
WHEREAS, such charges would be unduly burdensome to this
• municipality, and
WHEREAS, these charges would unfairly distribute costs to this
municipality based on the performance of its Police Department in execut-
ing warrants for arrest that do not originate from this municipality' s
jurisdiction, and
WHEREAS, there has not been sufficient study completed of the
statistical breakdown of reasons for arrest (i. e. , pursuant to warrant,
violation of a felony statute, violation of state misdemeanor statute,
violation of local ordinance) , there is no accurate basis for determining
the "committing jurisdiction" to be charged pursuant to Resolution No.
80-9-719,
BE IT RESOLVED, that this municipality opposes the imposition
of any booking charge on January 1, 1981, pursuant to Resolution No.
80-9-719, and recommends that the Hennepin County Board take no further
action prior to the completion of sufficient studies to determine where
costs of the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center should properly be
distributed, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that no action be taken by the Hennepin
0 County Board in charging costs to this municipality prior to the completion
of a study of the state law applicable to cost-sharing in this context.
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Hopkins, Minnesota,
at a regular meeting held the 18th day of November 1980.
H. E. RICHARDSON, JERRE A. MILLER,
City Clerk Mayor
JOSEPH C. VESELY,
City Attorney
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