113-95 Ordinance
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. RECORD OF ORDINANCES
Dayton Legal Bllink Co. Form No. 30043
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 122-94 TO AMEND THE FEE
..... ESTABLISHED FOR THE SERVICE OF IMPOUNDED/ABANDONED
.l VEHICLE RELEASE AS PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted Ordinance 51-94 on October 17, 1994, which
established its policy as to the recovery of costs and more particularly the percentage of full costs
to be recovered from users of City services; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted Ordinance 122-94 on January 23, 1995, which
established a schedule of fees and charges for City services which complied with the policy set
forth in Ordinance 51-94; and
WHEREAS, A $70 fee for the service of Impounded/ Abandoned Vehicle Release was
specifically identified and addressed in those Ordinances; and
WHEREAS, after additional research and recalculation it has been determined that collection of
the $70 fee for the service of Impounded/ Abandoned Vehicle Release would exceed actual costs;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Council of the City of Dublin, State of
Ohio, '1 elected members concurring:
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Section 1. That it be amended in the Schedule of Fees and Charges For City Services, as listed
in Ordinance 122-94, the $70 fee for the City service of Impounded/Abandoned Vehicle Release
be reduced to $40, in accordance with the recent review of this service.
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4 Section 2. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force on the earliest date permitted by
law.
Passed this /!~h daYOf~ , 1995
}u f.i/1J.iI Mayor - Presiding Officer
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Clerk of Council
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City of Dublin in CKcordance wi~ Section 731.25 of the fJlWolevised Cedt.
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Members of City Council
FROM: Tim Hansley, City Manager
DATE: November 20, 1995
....... SUBJECT: Amendment to the Fee for Impounded/Abandoned Vehicle Release
INITIATED BY: Chief Ron Ferrell
- Marsha Grigsby, Director of Finance
Melody Kennedy, Financial Analyst
Please find attached an Ordinance amending the fee for the City service of impounded/abandoned
vehicle release. Ordinance 122-94 established a $70 administrative fee for this service based on
the MSI Cost Study. Requests from the City Manager and the Chief of Police to complete
additional research of the calculation and implementation of this fee have postponed the signing
of the "Order" document which would cause this fee to be effective. (This is the only fee that
has been contended. All "Order" documents besides this one have been signed, and the new fees
are in effect.)
A vehicle may be impounded as a result of an auto accident; abandonment; intoxicated driver;
safety or location issues; expired auto tags. It is estimated that over half of the impounds are a
result of OMVI stops, with the next largest group being abandoned vehicles. The $70 fee is an
administrative fee which covers the cost of time worked and paperwork completed by the Police
Officer, Dispatchers, and any other Division personnel involved in this service. Ordinance 122-
94, as passed by City Council, made provisions for the $70 fee not to be applicable for victims
....- of accidents.
During the last few months, City Staff met on several occasions to discuss the
- impounded/abandoned vehicle release fee. We have discussed, in detail, the Division ofPolice's
procedures for this service and how the Consultant for the MSI Cost Study arrived at his
calculations of the $70 fee. The Police Chief and his Staff contend that the $70 fee is based on
higher than usual time worked for a routine impound/abandoned vehicle release. The Department
of Finance is currently in the process of updating the MSI Cost Study, and as part of the update
this fee was researched and recalculated using information supplied by the Division of Police
Staff, and from this information, the fee was recalculated as $43.61. In accordance with
Ordinance 51-94, rounding this to the nearest $10, City Staff is recommending the "Order" be
signed to make $40 the effective fee for this service.
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