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RESOLUTION NO. 030948
Directing the City Manager
to propose a plan to post on the Citys Government Channel and website the
identities of individuals having an excessive number of unpaid fines for City ordinance
violations.
WHEREAS, the
Council has enacted ordinances to protect the safety, health and welfare of
citizens; and
WHEREAS,
violations of many of those ordinances are enforced by the judicial imposition
of a fine; and
WHEREAS, the Council
believes there are an excessive number of individuals who have refused or
otherwise failed to pay multiple fines imposed on them for violations of the
Citys ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the
Council believes that the refusal or failure of some individuals to pay their
fines undermines the integrity of that part of the judicial system entrusted
with the enforcement of the Citys ordinances and is patently unfair to those
individuals who pay their fines; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY
THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
That the City
Manager is hereby directed to propose a plan within forty-five (45) days of
adoption of this resolution to post on the Citys Government Channel and
website the identities of individuals who have unpaid fines for violations of
City ordinances by name and by the total number and amount of the unpaid fines.
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