Submitted By
Robert Anderson, Director of Adjudication
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
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A Motion to Approve Staff's Recommendation to Present an Ordinance on January 22, 2019 for a Parking Citation Amnesty Program for the Time Period of 2017 and Prior Related to Parking Citation Late Fees
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Overview
Overview
Staff is seeking review of a proposed Parking Citation Amnesty Program to be conducted from February 4 - March 4, 2019 subject to approval of an Ordinance on January 22, 2019 authorizing the waiver of parking citation late fees for the time period 2017 or prior for parking citation fines paid during the amnesty designate time period. The last Village parking citation amnesty program occurred in 2004.
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Staff Recommendation
Approve the motion to direct staff to prepare an ordinance for the program as described herein.
Fiscal Impact
A similar program was conducted in 2004 which resulted in the collection of approximately $100,000 of initial parking fines as a result of the incentive to waive late penalties associated with the parking citations.
In 2017, the Village collected about $146,000 from citations that had been sent to collections and this gross amount is comprised of both the initial parking citation fine and late penalties (the collection agency per agreement retained approximately $38,500 of the gross amount collected).
Background
An upgrade to the parking citation system is included as part of the new Unified Parking Technology to be supplied by Passport and expected to launch in March/April of 2019. As part of the overall evaluation of the parking system technology, staff reviewed the benefits of having a parking citation amnesty program of unpaid citations which could reduce the amount of converted data to be imported into the new system. A parking amnesty program could provide relief to citizens as well.
The last Village parking citation amnesty occurred February 3, 2004 through March 15, 2004 and included citat...
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