HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 99-2 (3) RESOLUTION NO. 99 - 2
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SAN JACINTO, URGING
RIVERSIDE COUNTY SUPERVISORS TO REPEAL
THE IMPOSITION OF BOOKING FEES ON COUNTY CITIES.
WHEREAS, the State of California in 1990/91, in response to a state fiscal crisis., reduced
county revenues and authorized counties to charge cities for the cost of booking prisoners into
county jails to offset the lost revenue, and
WHEREAS, Riverside County imposed such a booking fee that now totals $110.40 per
booking, and generates $2 million of revenue for the County, and
WHEREAS, such booking fees are inequitable because they are only paid by cities and
residents in unincorporated portions of the county are not charged, and
WHEREAS,booking fees adversely impact public safety because they encourage city
police agencies to "cite and release" even in situations where it would be better to incarcerate
criminals for even a limited time rather than immediately releasing them, and
�► WHEREAS, revenues that the county will be receiving from the tobacco count judgment
will be more than sufficient to replace revenue lost if booking fees are eliminated;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of San Jacinto
that the County Board of Supervisors is hereby urged to abolish booking fees that are currently
charged to cities;
AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be forwarded to all
other City Councils in Riverside County urging them to adopt similar resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of San Jacinto at a regular
meeting held on January 7, 1999.
Debbie Cornett, Mayor of the City of San Jacinto
ATTEST:
�.. Pamela L. Lee
City Clerk of the City of San Jacinto
I, Pamela L. Lee, City Clerk of the City of San Jacinto, California, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution 99-2 was regularly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the
City of San Jacinto, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 7" day of January, 1999,
by the following vote of the City Council to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Conner, Good, SNedley, Willians and Mayor Cornett
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1 have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
the City of-San Jacinto, California,this 7" day of January, 1999.
Pamela L. Lee
City Clerk, City of San Jacinto