HomeMy WebLinkAboutCarmel/Ham Co. Court Cost/FeesINTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY OF CARMEL
This Interlocal Agmee~ent is entered into'among the City of
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Carmel, Indiana, the Pros{cuting Attorney of Hamilton County, Indiana,
the Clerk of Hamilton County, Indiana, and approved by the Hamilton County
Council. The purpose of this %greement is to provide and share revenue
among the parties through the successful collection of judgments and/or
fines and costs assessed against violators of ordinances of the City of
Carmel.
~he conditions of this Agreement are as follows:
1. This Agreement shall be in effect for a period of one year after
the date of signing by all the parties and thereafter on a yearly basis
unless notice of termination is given pursuant to this Agreement.
2. Any party to this Agreement may terminate the Agreement upon writ-
ten notice to all parties not less than ninety (90) days before such ter-
mination is desired. Said termination may be either partial or complete.
Upon complete termination of this Agreement, all monies left owing shall
become immediately due and payable.
3. The Prosecuting Attorney of Hamilton County agrees to prosecute
911eged violations of ordinances of the City of Carmel on behalf of the
City of Carmel.
4. If the Proaecuting Attorney of Hamilton County~ law enforcement
agency and/or city agency files the alleged violation in Hamilton County
Court the following shall be the procedure:
a) The City of Carmel hereby authorizes the Clerk of Hamilton
County to collect all costs and judgments and/or fines which arise out of a
judgment of a violation of an ordinance of the City of Carmel.
(b) Pursuant to I.C. 35-10.5-8-11, the Cierk of Hamilton County
agrees to pay to the City of Carmel for ~very judgment which is
collected arising out of a violation of an ordinance or of the municipal
code of the City of Carmel, the sum of Fifteen .Dollars ($15.00) which
represents the town's share of the municipal Prosecutor's fee, plus the full
amount of costs, judgments and/or fines assessed and collected for violations
of ordinances. Said payment shall be made by the 15th day of each month ~
following the collection of any such j~dgments.~ The remainder of the costs
which are collected by the Clerk of Hamilton County shall be retained by
said Qlerk on behalf of Hamilton County in consideration for the services in
processing the alleged violations of an ordinance of the City of Carmel.
Of the fifteen Dollar ($15.00) municipal Prosecutor's fees
collected on every judgment and forwarded to the City of Carmel by the Clerk
of Hamilton County, the Clerk Treasurer of the City of Carmel shall pay the
sum of Five Dollars ($5.00) to the Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney in
consideration for the services of the Prosecuting Attorney in processing and
prosecuting the alleged violations of an ordinance or of a section of the
municipal code of the City of Carmel. The payment of Five Dollars ($5.00)
for every judgment so collected shall be made payable to the Treasurer of
Hamilton County ~nd recorded in the Hamilton County Auditor's Office under
the Prosecutor's fund entitled "Prosecution of City Ordinances."
5. If the Prosecuting Attorney of Hamilton County, law enforcement
agency and/or city agency files its alleged violation in the Carmel
City Court, the Clerk Treasurer of the City of Carmel shall pay the'sum of
Five Dollars ($5.00) to the Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney in con
slderation for the services of the Prosecuting Attorney in processing and
prosecuting the alleged violations of an ordinance or o~ a section of the
munlcipal code of the City of Carmel. The payment of Five Dollars ($5.00)
for every judgment so collected shall be made payable to the Treasurer of
Hamilton County and recorded in the Hamilton County Auditor's Office under
the Prosecutor's fund entitled "Prosecution of City Ordinances." .The
remainder of the costs and fees for judgments and/or fines which are
collected by the Clerk of the Carmel City Court shall be retained on behalf
of the City of Carmel for the se.rvices in processing the alleged violations
of an ordinance of the City of Carmel pursuant to statute.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands
anti seals.
CITY OF CARMEL
ATTEST:
C E, Or OF 'CA XEL
DATE ·
ATTEST:
PROSECUTOR OF HAMILTON COUNTY
,STEVEN R. NATION
DATE
CLERK OF HAMILTON COUNTY
ATTEST:
KATHY RICHARDSON
DATE
APPROVED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL, HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA.
ATTEST:
POLLY PEARCE, Auditor
DATED