HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-077-08/15/2017-APPROVING REVISED COSTS AND FEES FOR FORT COLLINS MUNICIPAL COURT RESOLUTION 2017-077
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING REVISED COSTS AND FEES
FOR FORT COLLINS MUNICIPAL COURT
WHEREAS, Section 1 of Article VII of the City Charter provides that rules of procedure,
costs and fees for the Fort Collins Municipal Court shall be enacted by the City Council upon
recommendation of the Municipal Judge; and
WHEREAS, Municipal Judge Kathleen M. Lane has recommended that an additional fee
referred to as the "Sealed Records Fee" in the amount of$65 be imposed for cases in Municipal
Court to help cover the administrative costs of sealing records as authorized by Section 24-72-
702.5, C.R.S. beginning September 1, 2017; and
WHEREAS, Judge Lane has also recommended that an additional fee referred to as the
"Civil Case Filing Fee" in the amount of$300 be imposed for cases in Municipal Court to help
cover the administrative costs of handling civil complaints filed by members of the public; and
WHEREAS, Judge Lane has also recommended that the description of the Active
Condition Fee be revised to clarify that it does not apply to restitution payment conditions; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that adopting the new fees and the revised Active
Condition fee is in the best interests of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That the following costs and fees are hereby adopted and shall be
imposed, when applicable, in all cases filed in the Fort Collins Municipal Court and parking and
civil violations, unless such cost is specifically waived by the Judge or Referee:
Active Condition Fee $35.00
Appeal Fee $25.00 - $200.00 deposit;
$3.00/pg for transcript
Civil Case Filing Fee $300.00
Collection Fee $30.00
Compact Fee $30.00
Court Cost $35.00
Default Judgment Fee $30.00
Deferral Cost $50.00
Did Not Appear Fee $25.00
Did Not Comply Fee $25.00
Did Not Pay Fee $25.00
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Jury Fee $25.00
Outstanding Judgment and Warrant Fee $30.00
Parking Boot Fee $50.00
Pa ment Plan Fee $25.00
Personal Service Cost Actual cost of service
Returned Check Fee - $25.00
Sealed Records Fee $65.00
Traffic Calming Surcharge See City Code
Warrant Fee $50.00
Witness Fee $5.00
Section 3. That the revised costs and fees adopted herein shall take effect on
_September 1, 2017.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this
15th day of August, A.D. 2017.
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