HomeMy WebLinkAbout2042 RESOLUTION NO.2042
WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton operates a city jail;
and
WHEREAS, the City previously established charges for
inmates incarcerated in certain cells of the jail to help defray
the cost of operation under ReSolution No. 2012; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to establish new charges for
inmates who are incarcerated in certain cells of the jail to help
defray the cost of operation and providing for credits in certain
instances;
Now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED that Resolution No. 2012 is hereby
repealed; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the daily rate to be paid
by prisoners housed in the Special Detention Facility of the
Bremerton City Jail shall be established as follows:
ANNUAL INCOME DAILY FEE
$ 15, 000 $ 35.00
12,500 25.00
10,000 20.00
7,500 15.00
5,000 10.00
2,500 5.00
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a credit shall be issued to
each person who shows satisfactory proof that he or she:
A. Has a maximum annual income, together with
all persons in the hosuehold, below the
poverty line as established by the Office
Of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C.;
provided, however, that no credit shall be
given to any person whose maximum annual
income, together with all other persons in
the household, exceeds $15,000.00;
B. Does not have more than $5,000.00 of easily
convertible assets and no member of his or
her household has more than $5,000.00 of
easily convertible assets. For purposes of
determining this amount, any real property,
excluding his/her current residence, is an
easily convertible asset.
C. All persons applying for the credit on their
jail fees shall submit a completed and signed
affidavit to the City of Bremerton Treasurer's
office on a form prepared by the Treasurer's
office. They shall also submit a copy of their
federal income tax return, together with copies
of federal income tax returns of all other
persons in the household, for the most recent
tax year; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that persons qualifying by the
City Treasurer's office as eligible recipients of the credit
provided above, shall be granted a twenty percent (20%) credit of
their daily jail fee; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in order to remain
eligible for the credit provided above, the incarcerated person
must verify his/her income upon the commencement of each and
every incarceration period; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the willful provision to
the City of Bremerton of false information in application for a
jail fee credit shall forfeit the citizen's eligibitity for
future credits and the citizen shall be required to repay the
amount of the credit received based upon such false information;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that any person who willfully
provides to the City of Bremerton false information in an
application for a jail fee credit is guilty of a m~sdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be subject to up to a $300.00 fine and/or
ninety (90) days in jail.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this 8th
day of August, 1984.
BILL AMO
E.L. STURDIVANT
ROY T. MOSELY
JIM ADRIAN
CLYDE PACHEK
ART ANDERSON
PHIL DROUIN
SPENCER HORNING
RUSS JOHNSON
MORRIE DAWKINS, Mayor
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY
City Clerk