HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 6126 RESOLUTION NO. 6126
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DOWNEY ESTABLISHING A TRAFFIC OFFENDER FUND
IN SUPPORT OF A TRAFFIC OFFENDER PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Downey, California desires to
undertake a certain project designated as the "Downey Traffic Offender Program,"
funded in part from funds made available through the State of California Office of
Traffic Safety (hereafter referred to as OTS) and,
WHEREAS, the OTS requires a special fund be established in support of
the Downey Traffic Offender Program,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION t There is hereby established a special fund for the purpose
of receiving and expending fees collected for the impoundment of a vehicle pursuant to
the above. Said special fund shall be known and designated as the Traffic Offender
Fund, and shall receive fees to reimburse the City for costs incurred in the
administration of the procedures for removing vehicles. Said fee shall be charged by
the police department to the registered owner of a vehicle removed pursuant to
Sections 14602.6(a), 22651(h), 22651(p), 22655.5 or 22850.5 of the California Vehicle
Code. The fee shall not exceed an amount that covers the actual costs incurred by the
City in the removal, impoundment, storage, and release of the vehicle.
SECTION 2. The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to adopt such
rules, regulations and procedures as he/she determines are necessary for the
department to impose, collect and administer the fee imposed by this document.
SECTION 3. The appropriation of all monies in the Traffic Offender Fund
("Fund") shall be made exclusively for the purpose of the Traffic Offender Program.
The Traffic Offender Program shall include the enforcement of, education for, and
prosecution of a suspended or revoked driving privilege, unlicensed driver, and
persons driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Expenditures shall include, but
not be limited to, purchase of equipment, contractual services, material and supplies,
and other technology necessary to prosecute the case, and personnel costs, including
salary and benefits of personnel specifically provided to the Program.
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SECTION 4. The balance remaining in the Traffic Offender Fund at the
close of any fiscal year shall be deemed to have been provided for a specific purpose
and shall be carried forward by re-appropriation and accumulated in said fund for the
purposes recited herein.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of
this Resolution and provide for appropriate distribution thereof.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of January, 1998.
BARBARA J. RI Y, Mayor
ATTEST:
J DITH E. MC DONNELL, City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by
the City Council of the City of Downey at a regular meeting thereof held on the 13th day
of January, 1998, by the following vote, to wit:
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AYES: 5 Council Members: McCarthy, McCaughan, Lawrence, Brazelton, Riley
NOES: 0 Council Members: None
ABSENT: 0 Council Members: None
UDITH E. MC DONNELL, City Clerk
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