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County committee approves change to firearm storage fee rule to cover weapons held under bond conditions
Summary
Executive Committee approved ordinance O525 to amend Appendix Section 32-86 to allow the sheriff to recoup storage costs for firearms turned over under bond conditions as well as injunctions or restraining orders.
The Walworth County Executive Committee voted to approve ordinance O525, an amendment to Appendix Section 32-86 of the Walworth County Code of Ordinances, to expand the sheriff’s firearm storage fee to firearms collected under court-ordered bond conditions in addition to firearms collected under injunctions or restraining orders.
The sheriff told the committee the substantive change is the removal of the single word "injunction" from the ordinance language so that storage fees can be applied when courts order firearms turned over to the sheriff as a condition of bond. The sheriff said the department is seeing more court orders that require firearms to be turned over under bond conditions and wants to recoup the actual storage costs.
A motion to approve the ordinance was seconded and adopted by voice vote; committee members answered "aye" and the chair declared the motion carried. The committee did not record a roll‑call vote in the transcript.
The committee packet listed the ordinance in the agenda materials on pages 16–18. The ordinance change was presented as a ministerial amendment to align the county fee authority with current court practice; no dollar amount for the storage fee change was specified during the discussion.
Outcome: ordinance O525 approved by committee and to proceed to the county board per usual process.
