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Bakersfield council approves automated administrative citation processing, refers metrics to committee
Summary
The Bakersfield City Council voted to authorize automation of its administrative citation processing and directed staff to return with implementation metrics; the council discussed concerns about resident impacts, appeals and collection methods.
The Bakersfield City Council on March 26 approved automating the city’s administrative citation processing and referred development of implementation metrics back to a council committee.
The council’s action, made by Councilmember Gonzales, authorizes staff to pursue use of a third‑party citation processor and return with any municipal code changes and contract approvals needed to implement the system. The motion passed with Vice Mayor Court and Councilmember Weir absent.
City staff said the automation would let multiple departments — including Recreation and Parks (Park Ranger Division), Development Services, Code Enforcement, Public Works, Solid Waste, the Fire Department and the Police Department — shift citation processing, payments and appeals management to a service provider to improve efficiency and data tracking. “The administrative citation program is more of a community based approach than a criminal citation,” said Billy Owens, Park Ranger…
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