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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEM ENT
Item No. 12.A.
For Meeting of: December 10, 2019
ITEM TITLE: Council General Information
SUBMITTED BY: Sonya Claar Tee, City Clerk
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
1 . Third Quarter Municipal Court report
2. Building Permit detail for November
3. Preliminary Council Agenda
4. City Meeting Schedule
5. Preliminary Future Activities Calendar
ITEM BUDGETED:
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12/10/2019
TO: The Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
Cliff Moore, City Manager
FROM: The Hono .le Susan Woodard,Presiding Judge
Linda Hagert, Court Services Manager
Isabel Cruz,Accountant
SUBJECT: 3rd Quarter 2019 Municipal Court Office Statistics
The City of Yakima Municipal Court operation was created in late 1996 and has been an
independent judicial aim 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 provides 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 3rd Quarter
activity through September 30, 2019. Detailed reports are available from the Office of the
Municipal Court. Prior year totals for 2018 are included for comparison.
The following summary infoiiiiation for each quarter includes:
I. Municipal Court Infraction Statistics
II. Municipal Court C • Statistics
Public Safety Education Assessment(PSEA) Statistics
IV. Collection Statistics--Municipal Court Outstanding Time-Pay Contracts
V. Outside Agency Collection Statistics
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Yakima Municipal Court -- 3rd Quarter 2019
I. Municipal Court Infraction Statistics
2019 Prior 2019
July August September
Quarters YTD Total
Filings--Proceedings During
Year: 2019
Infractions Filed 12,403 6,093 1,080 777 725 8,675,
Violations Charged 18,870 9,317 1,658 1,185 1,131 13,291
Mitigation Hearings 1,066 329 74 54 53 510
Contested Hearings 282 158 20 18 24 220
Show Cause Hearings 140 44 9 5 4 62
Other Hearings On Record 2,474 1,190 200 145 143 1,678
Total 42,280 17,131 3,041 2,184 2,080 24,436
Dispositions During Year:
2019
Infractions Paid 3,019 1,471 263 197 165 2,096
Failure to Respond 122 37 3 7 4 51,
Committed 5,457 2,309 451 364 314 3,438
Not Committed 167 92 15 13 13 133
Dismissed 1,824 968 148 121 134 1,371
Amended 66 20 7 6 9 42
Total Disposed 10,655 4,897 887 708 639 7,131
Municipal Court Traffic
Infraction Revenues $ 1,062,893 $ 630,441 $ 151,319 $ 88,651 $ 84,866 $ 955,278
Budget $ 1,367,599 $ 1,367,599
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Yakima Municipal Court -- 3rd Quarter 2019
II. Municipal Court Criminal Statistics
2019 Prior 2019
July August September
Quarters YTD Total
Filings During Year:
Citations Filed 2,996 1,382 209 194 168 1,953
Violations Charged 3,928 1,817 266 260 209 2,552
Trial Settings
During Year:
Non Jury Trials Set - 2 - 2
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Jury Trials 1,802 902 207 115 116 1,340
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Proceedings:
Arraignments 2,560 1,209 187 192 146 1,734
Non Jury Trials - - -
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Jury Trials 5 1 2 - - 3
Stipulations to Record 13 3 - - 1 4
Other Hearings 3,684 1,844 398 318 , 337 2,897
Dispositions:
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Guilty 2,411 1,252 208 207 159 1,826
Not Guilty 5 1 1 - . 2
Dismissed 1,309 614 99 107 81 901
Amended 189 88 23 14 17 142
Deferred Driver/Other 603 480
302 74 52 52
Prosecution Resumed 135 72 4 8 10 94
Appeals to Superior Court 2 1 - 1 - 2
Total Disposition 4,654 2,330 409 389 319 3,447
Criminal Fines Revenue:
DUI Penalties $ 82,301 $? 36,494 $ 7,316 $ 6,906 $ 6,587 $ 57,302
Criminal Traffic 107,025 54,729 $ 8,698 $ 7,014 $ 9,757 80,198
Non-Traffic Misdemeanor 71,126 44,769 $ 5,926 $ 4,101 $ 1,730 56,526
Recoupments 110,048 62,161 $ 9,668 $ 6,921 $ 8,874 87,624
Total Fines $ 370,500 $ 198,153 $ 31,608 $ 24,942 $ 26,947 $ 281,649
Total Budget $ 344,630 $ 344,630
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Yakima Municipal Court -- 3rd Quarter 2019
III. Public Safety Education Assessment (PSEA) Statistics
2019 Prior 2019
July August September
Quarters YTD Total
Public Safety
Education Assessment $ 1,885,375 $ 930,525 $ 157,161 $ 141,066 $ 117,937 $ 1,346,689
(PSEA) Payments*
*Required payments to State Public Safety Education. Revenue for these payments is 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
9/30/2019
Outstanding Municipal Court Time-Pay Agreements** 1,863,996
**After judgment the offender makes arrangements with the court to pay their outstanding fines. If the offender does not make a
payment in 30 days and 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 Courts quarterly summary statistical report.
2019 and
Prior Years
Outside
Collection Agency: ***
Accounts Assigned in 2015 5,771,285
Accounts Assigned in 2016 6,237,690
Accounts Assigned in 2017 5,439,977
Accounts Assigned in 2018 4,561,026
Accounts Assigned in 2019 3,007,110
Total Assignments 25,017,088
Dollars Collected Since 2015 6,091,777
Collection Performance Court Accounts 24.35%
***Net of cancellation
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Permit Detail-November 1-30,2019 Permit Detail-November 1-30,2018 •
Current Month Year-to-Date Current Month Year-to-Date •
Dwelling Dwelling
Types #Permits Units Valuation Amount Types #Permits Units Valuation Amount Types 4 Valuation Types S Valuation
Single Family 3 3 $818,247.33 Single Family 85 85 $19,778,855.84 Single Family 8 $1,531,390,11 Single Family 130 $30,711,350.52_
Duplex 4 8 $1,200,573,00 Duplex 46 92 $1.2,695,136,99 Duplex 8 $1,808,949.82,Duplex 35 $9,951,757.57;
Multi-Family 3 9 $1,046,317,86,Multi-Family 29' 385` $32,600,179,88 Multi-Family 2 $1,800_453.20 Multi-Family i 12: S7,367,932,36,
Residential Alt 41. $374966.40 Residential Alt 534 $6,167,122.36 Residential Alt , 35_ $558_,944.70.Residential Alt 606 $6,241,009.29
Grading Grading, 4 Grading `Grading i 3
New Commercial 4 _ $347,710.86 New Commercial 70 $43,343,340.39 New Corn 3 $103,951.81 New Corn 61, $37,344,512,45
Commercial Alt 20 $3,369,963.24 Commercial Alt 190 $24,185,505.62 Corn Alt 21] $764,307,70'Coin Alt 212 S12:802,243,84
Garage-Residential Ga ••e-Residential — 15 $619,916,88 Garage(Residential) 2: $22,396.80 Garage(Residential)_ 24 $799,742.80
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Demolitions 2 Demolitions 49 Demo 4= Demo 44.
Pools 2 $.170,000.00 Pools 11 $931.574.00.Pools Pools 12. $919,300.00
Footing/Foundation 1 518,471.20 Footing/Foundation 6 $46,513.84 FtgfFtn Ftg/Ftn 3 $14,483.10
Mobile Home Mobile Home 15 Mobile Home , 1 Mobile Home 14
Retaining Wall Retaining Wall 3. $23,094,74,Retaining Wall 2 $10,198.00 Retaining Wall 4_ $46,510,70_
TOTALS 80 20 17,343,249.89 TOTALS 1057.. 562 040,391,246.54 TOTAL 86 86,600,592.14 TOTAL 1160 I $106,198,842.63
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YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
December 13, 2019
City Training Facility -421 E. Chestnut Avenue, Yakima, WA
12 noon
1. Roll Call
2. 2020 State Legislative Priorities
3. Adjournment
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.
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YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
December 16, 2019
City Training Facility -421 E. Chestnut Avenue, Yakima, WA
9 a.m. -4 p.m.
1. Roll Call
2. Mastering Council Meetings with Ann Macfarlane
3. Adjournment
The next meeting will be a City Council regular meeting on January 7, 2020, 5:30 p.m. at City
Hall
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.
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CITY HALL MEETING SCHEDULE
For December 9 — December 16, 2019
Please note: Meetings are subject to change
Monday, December 9
8:30 a.m. Pension Boards — 1st Floor Conference Room
5:30 p.m. Community Integration Committee — Council Chambers
Tuesday, December 10
10:00 a.m. County Commissioners— Council Chambers
5:30 p.m. City Council — Council Chambers
Wednesday, December 11
10:00 a.m. Bike and Ped Committee— 2nd Floor Conference Room
3:00 p.m. Planning Commission —Council Chambers
5:30 p.m. Parks & Recreation Commission — Council Chambers
Thursday, December 12
9:00 a.m. Hearing Examiner— Council Chambers
1:30 p.m. Yakima Clean Air Council Chambers
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Office of Mayor/City Council
Preliminary Future Activities Calendar
Please Note: Meetings are subject to change
Meeting Organization Meeting Purpose Participants Meeting Location
Date/Time
Mon. Dec. 9
8:30 a.m. Pension Board meetings Board Meeting Gutierrez 1st Floor Conference
Room
5:30 p.m. Community Integration Scheduled Meeting Gutierrez Council Chambers
Committee meeting
Tue. Dec. 10
11:30 a.m. Chamber Board meeting Board Meeting Gutierrez Chamber of
Commerce
5:30 p.m. City Council meeting Scheduled Meeting Council Council Chambers
Wed. Dec. 11
9:30 a.m. YRBWEP Workgroup Scheduled Meeting Mendez CW State Fair
10:00 a.m. Bike & Ped Committee Scheduled Meeting White 2nd Floor Conference
Room
3:00 p.m. Yakima Planning Scheduled Meeting White Council Chambers
Commission
5:30 p.m. Parks & Recreation Scheduled Meeting Funk Council Chambers
Commission
6:00 p.m. YVCOG Membership Scheduled Meeting Open Oxford Suites
meeting .
Thur. Dec. 12
1:00 p.m. Seniors Inc. Board meeting Board Meeting Hill Harman Center
1:30 p.m. Yakima Regional Clean Air Scheduled Meeting Mendez Council Chambers
Fri. Dec. 13
12:00 41,m. Council seecial meetins Scheduled Meetin• Council CYU
Mon. Dec. 16
9:00 a.m. Council s•ecial meeting Scheduled Meetin. Council CYU
Wed. Dec. 18 IMO
12:00 *.m. OIC Board meetin. Board Meetin• OIC
Thur. Dec. 19
4:00 p.m. YCDA Board meeting Board Meeting Gutierrez New Vision