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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 12.A.
For Meeting of: September 21, 2021
ITEM TITLE: Council General Information
SUBMITTED BY: Sonya Claar Tee, City Clerk
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
1 . 2nd Quarter Municipal Court Report
2. Preliminary Council Agendas
ITEM BUDGETED:
STRATEGIC PRIORITY:
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDATION:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Upload Date Type
❑ 2nd qtr report 9/15/2021 Corer Memo
0 draft agendas 9/17/2021 Corer Memo
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MEMORANDUM
9/21/2021
TO: The Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
Robert Harrison, City Manager
FROM: The Honorable Susan Woodard, Presiding Judge
Isabel Cruz, Accountant
SUBJECT: 2nd Quarter 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 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 June 30, 2021. Detailed reports are available from the Office of the
Municipal Court. Prior year totals for 2020 are included for comparison.
The following summary information for each quarter includes:
L Municipal Court Infraction Statistics
IL 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
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Yakima Municipal Court -- 2nd Quarter 2021
I. Municipal Court Infraction Statistics
2020 Year-End Prior Aril Ma June 2021 YTD
Statistics Quarters P Y Total
Filings—Proceedings During
Year: 2021
Infractions Filed 7,232 2,317 883 687 656 4,543
Violations Charged 11,102 3,485 1,298 1,016 977 6,776
Mitigation Hearings 338 166 45 50 58 319
Contested Hearings 119 49 16 20 25 110
Show Cause Hearings 33 20 10 6 10 46
Other Hearings On Record 1,223 304 58 77 73 512
Total 20,047 6,341 12,306
Dispositions During Year:
2021
Infractions Paid 1,532 502 289 226 204 1,221
Failure to Respond 63 22 11 3 9 45
Committed 2,646 813 316 264 286 1,679
Not Committed 72 20 5 11 14 50
Dismissed 945 215 38 29 48 330
Amended 28 7 4 0 9 20
Total Disposed 5,286 1,579 663 533 570 3,345
Municipal Court Traffic
Infraction Revenues $ 729,556 $ 264,535 $ 126,107 $ 99,653 $ 101,024 $ 591,319
Budget $ 1,305,000 $ 1,179,591
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Yakima Municipal Court -- 2nd Quarter 2021
II. Municipal Court Criminal Statistics
2020 Year-
PriorEnd Quarters021
April May June 2 Total D
Statistics
Filings During Year:
Citations Filed 3,038 700 260 265 293 1,518
Violations Charged 3,974 958 334 350 372 2,014
Trial Settings During Year:
Non Jury Trials Set 1 2 0 0 3
Jury Trials 885 395 100 92 121 708
Proceedings:
Arraignments 2,304 665 299 262 261 1,487
Non Jury Trials - - 0
Jury Trials 4 2 2
Stipulations to Record 9 2 1 3
Other Hearings 1,971 1,061 256 207 265 1,789
Dispositions:
Bail Forfeitures - - -
Guilty 1,382 644 171 204 214 1,233
Not Guilty - - 1 0 0 1
Dismissed 983 486 129 164 164 943
Amended 114 77 15 28 17 137
Deferred Driver/Other 431 233 56 65 38 392
Prosecution Resumed 123 15 7 6 8 36
Appeals to Superior Court - 0 0 0 0
Total Disposition 3,033 1,455 379 467 441 2,742
Criminal Fines Revenue:
DUI Penalties $ 63,217 $ 18,795 $ 8,375 $ 4,757 $ 6,454 $ 38,381
Criminal Traffic $ 79,968 $ 29,011 $ 12,149 $ 8,271 $ 8,750 $ 58,180
Non-Traffic Misdemeanor $ 48,333 $ 17,788 $ 5,417 $ 7,494 $ 4,957 $ 35,656
Recoupments $ 81,446 $ 26,569 $ 3,023 $ 10,883 $ 14,680 $ 55,155
Total Fines $ 272,964 $ 92,163 $ 28,964 $ 31,404 $ 34,840 $ 187,371
Total Budget $ 479,000 - $ 334,277
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Yakima Municipal Court -- 2nd Quarter 2021
III. Public Safety Education Assessment (PSEA) Statistics
2020 Year-End
Statistics Prior Quarters April May June 2021 YTD Total
Public Safety
Education Assessment $ 1,098,879 $ 371,788 $ 177,673 $ 139,529 $ 133,317 $ 822,308
(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
6/30/2021
Outstanding Municipal Court Time-Pay Agreements"" $ 2,094,934
**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:*** 2021 and Prior Years
Accounts Assigned in 2017 $ 5,373,929
Accounts Assigned in 2018 $ 4,507,067
Accounts Assigned in 2019 $ 4,107,504
Accounts Assigned in 2020 $ 2,091,442
Accounts Assigned in 2021 $ 1,682,122
Total Assignments $ 17,762,064
Dollars Collected Since 2017 $ 6,621,168
Collection Performance Court Accounts 37.28%
***Net of cancellation
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AGENDA
YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
STUDY SESSION
September 28, 2021
City Hall --Council Chambers
5:00 p.m. Legislative update on police reform
1. Roll Call
2. Public comment (allow 15 minutes)
3. Adjournment
The next meeting will be a City Council study session on October 5, 2021, at 9:00 a.m. via Zoom
Any invocation that maybe 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.
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AGENDA
YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
STUDY SESSION
October 5, 2021
City Hall --Council Chambers
9 a.m. Budget
1. Roll Call
2. Public comment(allow 15 minutes)
3. Council Review of Proposed 2022 Budget- 1 of 4
4. Adjournment
The next meeting will be a City Council regular meeting on October 5, 2021, at 5:30 p.m.via Zoom
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.
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AGENDA
YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
October 5, 2021
City Hall --Council Chambers
5:30 p.m. Regular meeting
1. Roll Call
2. Open Discussion for the Good of the Order
3. Council Reports
4. 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 September 21, 2021 City Council regular meeting and
September 28, 2021 City Council study session
B. Set date of October 19, 2021, for a public hearing on the Pedestrian Master Plan
C. Set November 1, 2021 as the public hearing date to consider the Yakima Planning
Commission's recommendation on six(6) Comprehensive Plan map amendments and
concurrent rezone applications
D. Resolution authorizing Yakima School District School Resource Officer contract
E. Resolution authorizing acceptance of a Department of Transportation 2021 National
Highway System Asset Management Award for N. 1st Street Phase 3.
F. Resolution adopting Yakima Transit's Transit Development Plan for 2021-2026 and
annual report for 2020
G. Resolution authorizing an Agreement with the Washington State Department of
Transportation to fund the Yakima/Ellensburg Commuter Service and the Paratransit
Services (Dial A Ride)
H. Resolution authorizing a grant agreement with the Federal Transit Administration to
provide funding assistance for six fixed-route transit buses
I. Resolution authorizing an Interlocal Agency Agreement with the North Yakima
Conservation District (NYCD)for the Plant Establishment Services
J. Resolution ratifying acceptance and execution of a Toxics Cleanup Remedial Action
Grant Program Agreement with the State of Washington Department of Ecology for the
environmental cleanup of the former Tiger Oil site at 1808 North First Street
K. Resolution authorizing amendment to the Agreement with Yakima Area Arboretum for the
operation and maintenance of Yakima's Arboretum
L. Resolution authorizing an agreement with JUB Engineering, Inc for environmental
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services regarding development of a new passenger terminal building and taxilane charlie
expansion projects
M. Ordinance amending the 2021 Budget for the City of Yakima; and making appropriations
from Unappropriated Fund Balances within various Funds for expenditure during 2021 for
various purposes (Second Reading)
5. Public Comment
Community members are invited to address items listed on the meeting agenda. There will be 35 minutes
allotted for public comment with two and a half(2.5) minutes per speaker in order to allow as much
opportunity as possible for audience participation. Written communication and e-mail messages are
strongly encouraged.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
6. Public hearing and Ordinance on the 96th and Tieton Annexation in the vicinity of S 96th Ave
and Tieton Dr
DEPARTMENT ITEMS
7. Report on Engineering Project Updates
8. Ordinance Updating Municipal Code 3.15 Equipment Rental & Replacement
9. Other Business
10. Adjournment
The next meeting will be a City Council study session on October 7, 2021, at 9 a.m. via Zoom
11. Council General Information
A. Housing Action Plan Quarterly Report
B. Council General Information
Any invocation that maybe 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.