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Committee approves municipal court fee increase to $48 under recent state law change
Summary
The committee approved a request to raise the municipal court fee from $38 to $48 after a recent change in state law; City Attorney Schill said the increase would add $10 per citation to municipal revenue and the motion passed unanimously at committee.
The Public Works Committee approved a request from Municipal Court Clerk Jennifer Edgar to increase the municipal court fee from $38 to $48, a change permitted by a recent state law revision.
Attorney Schill told the committee that the state law change "allowed the municipalities to increase the municipal court cost from 38 to 48, which would result in an additional $10 to the municipality for each citation." He said the last fee increase occurred about 13 years ago when the fee moved from $28 to $38 and that the municipal court clerk, municipal judge, and city attorney jointly recommended the increase.
A committee member moved to approve the increase from $38 to $48; a second was given and the motion passed (recorded in the transcript as “Ayes have it 300”). The transcript does not record roll-call votes by name.
