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Home My WebLink About06/07/2022 15.A. Council General Information g Y�'1114'+ k. BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL YAKIMA, WASHINGTON AGENDA STATEMENT Item No. 15.A. For Meeting of: June 7, 2022 ITEM TITLE: Council General Information SUBMITTED BY: Sonya Claar Tee, City Clerk SUMMARY EXPLANATION: 1. Municipal Court first quarter 2022 report 2. Thank you letter 2. Preliminary Council agenda ITEM BUDGETED: STRATEGIC PRIORITY: APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION: ATTACHMENTS: Description Upload Date Type D muni court 5/19/2022 Corer Memo 0 thank you and draft agendas 6/2/2022 Corer Memo 2 MEMORANDUM 5/31/2022 TO: The Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council Robert Harrison, City Manager FROM: The Honorable Kelley Olwell, Presiding Judge Isamar Ramirez,Accountant SUBJECT: 1st Quarter Municipal Court Office Statistics The City of Yakima Municipal Court operation was created in late 1996 and has been an independent judicial arm of the City since January 1, 1997. The Court Adjudicates all traffic infractions, misdemeanors, and gross misdemeanors cited in the City. The Court operates with two full time Judges, one of whom resides over the Court's activities, and a part time Court Commissioner. The City Council adopts the Courts budget annually; the Court is otherwise independent from City Administration. Following, please find summary statistical reports for Municipal Court's 1st Quarter activity through March 31, 2022. Detailed reports are available from the Office of the Municipal Court. Prior year totals for 2021 are included for comparison. The following summary information for each quarter includes: I. Municipal Court Infraction Statistics II. Municipal Court Criminal Statistics III. Public Safety Education Assessment (PSEA) Statistics IV. Collection Statistics--Municipal Court Outstanding Time-Pay Contracts V. Outside Agency Collection Statistics 3 Yakima Municipal Court -- 1st Quarter 2022 I. Municipal Court Infraction Statistics Prior 2022 YTD 2021 Year-End Quarters January February March Total Statistics Filings—Proceedings During Year: 2022 Infractions Filed 7,909 563 505 565 1,633 Violations Charged 11,814 849 740 816 2,405 Mitigation Hearings 487 22 26 42 90 Contested Hearings 190 9 14 10 33 Show Cause Hearings 75 3 3 11 17 Other Hearings On Record 986 80 81 102 263 Total 21,461 - 1,526 1,369 1,546 4,441 Dispositions During Year: 2022 Infractions Paid 2,124 137 127 155 419 Failure to Respond 75 5 12 7 24 Committed 2,758 208 160 181 549 Not Committed 95 3 1 6 10 Dismissed 619 55 43 55 153 Amended 33 1 2 0 3 Total Disposed 5,704 - 409 345 404 1,158 Municipal Court Traffic Infraction Revenues $ 952,279 $ - $ 62,516 $ 64,959 $ 57,889 $ 185,363 Budget Page 2 4 Yakima Municipal Court -- 1st Quarter 2022 II. Municipal Court Criminal Statistics 2021 Year- End 022 Quait�s January February March 2 Total D Statistics Filings During Year: Citations Filed 3,041 234 212 248 694 Violations Charged 4,040 299 298 352 949 Trial Settings During Year: Non Jury Trials Set 5 4 0 0 4 Jury Trials 1,265 110 102 116 328 Proceedings: Arraignments 2,853 191 205 229 625 Non Jury Trials - 0 0 0 0 Jury Trials 9 0 1 2 3 Stipulations to Record 4 0 2 4 6 Other Hearings 3,278 249 272 271 792 Dispositions: Bail Forfeitures - - Guilty 2,294 193 169 204 566 Not Guilty 5 0 0 2 2 Dismissed 1,724 122 132 163 417 Amended 272 25 23 17 65 Deferred Driver/Other 760 74 65 59 198 Prosecution Resumed 69 1 6 8 15 Appeals to Superior Court 1 0 0 0 0 Total Disposition 5,125 - 415 395 453 1,263 Criminal Fines Revenue: DUI Penalties $ 61,685 $ 4,597 $ 3,381 $ 3,338 $ 11,316 Criminal Traffic $ 107,199 $ 10,223 $ 7,684 $ 7,120 $ 25,027 Non-Traffic Misdemeanor $ 63,111 $ 7,179 $ 2,443 $ 3,219 $ 12,841 Recoupments $ 98,522 $ 6,959 $ 8,469 $ 9,231 $ 24,659 Total Fines $ 330,516 $ - $ 28,958 $ 21,977 $ 22,908 $ 73,843 Total Budget - Page 3 5 Yakima Municipal Court -- 1st Quarter 2022 III. Public Safety Education Assessment (PSEA) Statistics 2021 Year-End Statistics Prior Quarters January February March 2022 YTD Total Public Safety Education Assessment $ 1,426,395 $ 88,376 $ 81,371 $ 129,904 $ 299,651 (PSEA)Payments" *Required payments to State Public Safety Education. Revenue for these payments are included as part of the total fine. Revenue figures presented are net of these payments. IV. Collection Statistics -- Municipal Court Outstanding Time-Pay Contracts As of 3/31/2022 Outstanding Municipal Court Time-Pay Agreements' $ 1,686,673 **After judgment the offender makes arrangements with the court to pay their outstanding fines. If the offender does not make a payment within 30 days or does not make an effort with the court to make other arrangements to pay,the account is considered in arrears. A final notice is mailed to the person in arrears. If ignored the account is then turned over to collection. The collection agency is mandated by the state of Washington to write off accounts still owing ten years after the judgment date due to the statute of limitations. The statute of limitations covers all fines and restitution V. Outside Collection Agency Statistics Following,please find Municipal Court's quarterly summary statistical report. Outside Collection Agency:*** 2022 and Prior Years Accounts Assigned in 2018 $ 4,506,651 Accounts Assigned in 2019 $ 4,098,389 Accounts Assigned in 2020 $ 2,085,341 Accounts Assigned in 2021 $ 3,266,230 Accounts Assigned in 2022 $ 606,773 Total Assignments $ 14,563,384 Dollars Collected Since 2018 $ 6,130,681 Collection Performance Court Accounts 42.10% ***Net of cancellation Page 4 .. - 6 C.)Q N_ M J W} tiV �I�J j w Q ° -j•11 --P.' -- U ,) --3--) 0 _ '. . CA) Li `- f: , - 1 F by,, � I�y U C�J L8 c) s /n CD oo ( mil _� 913 mc,...-0-- :i ..., i,_. 2____ _ .$ om lj.°-- 2 ) � Li 7 J �J • t.n AGENDA YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION June 14, 2022 City Hall --Council Chambers 5:00 p.m. This meeting will be conducted in person, live streamed at www.yakimawa.gov and telecast live on Y-PAC, Spectrum Cable Channel 194 or you may call in and participate by dialing 1-253-215-8782 or 1-971-247-1195, enter meeting ID ???#, participant ID #and meeting password ???#. Public comment may be made in person or by phone. 1. Roll Call 2. Public comment(allow 15 minutes) 3. Miller Park Improvements 4. Renaming Park Facilities 5. Housing Opportunities and Funding 6. Review legislative agenda and identify Council members for trip to Washington, DC 7. Adjournment The next meeting will be a City Council regular meeting on June 21, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers Any invocation that may be offered before the official start of the Council meeting shall be the voluntary offering of a private citizen, to and for the benefit of the Council. The views or beliefs expressed by the invocation speaker have not been previously reviewed or approved by the Council, and the Council does not endorse the religious beliefs or views of this, or any other speaker. A Council packet is available for review at the City Clerk's Office and on-line at www.yakimawa.gov. The City provides special accommodations, such as hearing devices, wheelchair space or language interpreters, for City meetings.Anyone needing special assistance please contact the City Clerk's office at(509) 575-6037 at least two business days prior to the meeting.All meetings are live streamed on the City of Yakima website at www.yakimawa.gov and telecast live on Y-PAC, Spectrum Cable Channel 194. 8 DRAFT4V �F AGENDA YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL June 21, 2022 City Hall --Council Chambers 5:30 p.m. Regular meeting --This meeting will be conducted in person, live streamed at www.yakimawa.gov and telecast live on Y-PAC, Spectrum Cable Channel 194 or you may call in and participate by dialing 1-253-215-8782 or 1-971-247-1195, enter meeting ID ???#, participant ID #and meeting password ???#. Public comment may be made in person or by phone. 1. Roll Call 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Interpreter Services 4. Open Discussion for the Good of the Order 5. Council Reports 6. Consent Agenda Items listed are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion without discussion.A Council member may request to remove an item from the Consent Agenda and, if approved, it will be placed on the regular agenda for discussion and consideration. A. Approval of minutes from the June 7, 2022 City Council regular meeting and June 14, 2022 study session B. Project Completion and Contract Acceptance for the Miller Park Playground Project 12210 with Landscape Structures C. Project Completion and Acceptance for Industrial Construction of Washington, LLC. Project 2526 IW Hot Water Pipe Replacement D. Resolution authorizing 911 Support Service Agreement with Yakima County E. Resolution authorizing a contract with People for People for$213,181 of CDBG- CV2 funds to support the Meals on Wheels Senior meal and nutrition program F. Resolution authorizing a contract with Genesis Housing Services, a division of Catholic Charities Housing Services for$50,000 of HOME Investment funds to assist with the construction of a 16-unit affordable housing project located at 611 N 16th Ave G. Resolution authorizing a contract with Yakima Valley Partners Habitat for Humanity in the amount of$87,500 of HOME Investment funds to assist with new construction of a single family dwelling to be sold to a qualified low to moderate-income first time homebuyer located at 2912 W Arlington Street H. Ordinance amending the non-exclusive franchise previously granted to Wholesail Networks LLC (Wholesail)to add and include Wholesail's affiliate Ziply Fiber Pacific, 9 LLC to Wholesail's franchise to construct, operate and maintain a Telecommunications System, with all necessary facilities 7. Public Comment There will be 35 minutes allotted for public comment with two and a half(2 1/2) minutes per speaker in order to allow as much opportunity as possible for audience participation. Written communication and e- mail messages are strongly encouraged. DEPARTMENT ITEMS 8. 2021 Transportation Benefit District Report 9. Other Business 10. Adjournment The next meeting will be a City Council study session on June 28, 2022, at 5 p.m. in the Council Chambers 11. Council General Information A. Council General Information B. Yakima Basin Integrated Plan May 2022 Project Activity Report C. Distribution of the Complete Record for the closed hearing of Plat of Anderson Park Phase 4 (PLP#002-22) D. Code Administration Division Report- Monthly Building Permits Issued- May 2022 Any invocation that may be offered before the official start of the Council meeting shall be the voluntary offering of a private citizen, to and for the benefit of the Council. The views or beliefs expressed by the invocation speaker have not been previously reviewed or approved by the Council, and the Council does not endorse the religious beliefs or views of this, or any other speaker. A Council packet is available for review at the City Clerk's Office and on-line at www.yakimawa.gov. The City provides special accommodations, such as hearing devices, wheelchair space or language interpreters, for City meetings.Anyone needing special assistance please contact the City Clerk's office at(509) 575-6037 at least two business days prior to the meeting.All meetings are live streamed on the City of Yakima website at www.yakimawa.gov and telecast live on Y-PAC, Spectrum Cable Channel 194.