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l RESOLUTION NO. 1247
-2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY;COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
'SAN JACINTO REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
TO RENEGOTIATE DIVISION OF TRAFFIC FINE FUNDS
4 THIS RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED WITH REFERENCE TO THE FOLLOWING FACTS
5 A. This city is receiving 59% of the traffic fines and forfeitures for
traffic violation citations_issued in the City of San Jacinto and 411 is remit-
6 ted to the County of Riverside.
7 B. Through a survey of the division of such fines in all 'other cities in 3
the County of Riverside it is determined that the City of San Jacinto is receiv- 1
g ing the lowest; ratio of any city, that some cities receive as much or more than
900 of the fines and the averagedivision of twelve cities in the County of Riv-
g erside is 79% to cities and 21% to the County. ,
10 C. No record can be found to indicate how the low ratio was determined or
the date ;it was determined_ However; it is the best estimate of the staff of
11 this city the present ratio was determined at ,least thirty years ago when the
total police force of this :city was approximately two officers and the citations
12 issued relatively low.
13 D. The City of San Jacinto currently maintains a police force of 12 regu- I
lar full-time,peace officers and 4 full-time dispatchers in addition to 12 police,
14 reserve officers who write citations, and approximately ninety (90%) percent of
the citations written within this city are written by the officers of the City o i,
15 San Jacinto. j
16 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of San Jacin-1
to sitting in regular adjourned session the> 23rd day of January 1979 as follows :
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1 . The City Council determined the foregoing facts to be true.
18 2. The City Council of the City of San Jacinto' respectfully requests the
Honorable Board of Supervisors of the County of Riverside to reconsider;the div-
19 ision of traffic fines and forfeitures involving violations in the City of San
Jacinto to conform to the division of 90% for the city and 10% to the County of I
20 Rivverside.
21 3. The City Clerk is instructed to certify to the adoption of this resoiu-
tion and fongard a copy,to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors .
22 NOVED, PASSED AND ADOPTED the 23rd of January 1979.
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ATTEST:.
24 A. H . t� LACE, CI Y CLERK
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26 CERTIFICATE_
27 The foregoing is certified to be a true copy of a resolution duly adopted
by the said City Council of the City of San Jacinto on the date therein set `ort
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A. H . W LACE, C T CLERK
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