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Conyers staff propose raising municipal-court technology fee from $8 to $13; council directed follow-up
Summary
City staff proposed a $5 increase to the municipal-court technology fee (from $8 to $13) to fund court software, hardware and training. Staff said the $8 fee generated about $40,000 last year; the $13 cap would require state local‑legislation and a local code repeal to take effect July 1 if passed.
City staff proposed raising Conyers’ municipal-court technology fee from $8 to $13 per citation to help pay for software licensing, hardware and personnel training.
Dawn McAfee, Director of Court Services, told the council the current combined technology and administrative fee is $8 per citation and that last year that fee produced “approximately $40,000.” McAfee presented draft local legislation that would specify eight permitted uses for the new fee and require the funds be maintained in a segregated account under the CFO and clerk of…
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