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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT For City Council Meeting of March 16, 1999 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL: Henry T. Garcia, City Manager'�:P, FROM: Patrick G C Chief of Police SUBJECT: Booking Fees Adopt Resolution DATE: March 11, 1999 BACKGROUND: The Criminal Justice Administrative Fee (booking fee) was enacted in 1990 in an effort to help mitigate the impact of the State's elimination of $431 million of support to counties. San Bernardino County adopted the booking fee which became the subject of extensive litigation. Colton, along with almost every city in the County, participated in the litigation. As a result, the City signed a "Settlement Agreement" with the County which calls for an annual fee increase based upon the Consumer Price index (CPI) to be implemented on February 11' of each year until 2000. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: Recently cities joined forces and requested the County board of Supervisors to repeal the booking fees. The request was denied based on financial hardship since booking fees generate $4 million annually. As a result, County Staff, city Managers, and Police Chiefs met to discuss alternatives to mitigate booking fees and their impact on individual cities. They determined that this would be an ongoing process to identify mutually agreeable alternatives to reducing the booking fee. One of the first steps the group identified was the elimination of the CPI increase that was due in February, and that any savings a city realized would be allocated to local law enforcement programs. Since Colton signed the original settlement agreement, the City must now sign the "Supplemental Agreement eliminating February 11, 1999, Criminal Justice Administrative Fee Increase". This supplemental agreement must be signed by April 1, 1999, or the City will pay the increased booking fee. Almost every city within the County is requesting their City Council to sign the agreement. City staff who have attended meetings relative to booking fee reductions concur and recommend that the City enter into the supplemental agreement. Booking/rw