HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 07-071-CCGRANT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Grant County, Washington
ORDINANCE NO 07- 011 -CC
RESOLUTION NO 07- 01 j -CC
AN ORDINANCE/RESOLUTION INCREASING THE HANDLING
FEE FOR NSF CHECKS AND OTHER ITEMS RETURNED
FROM BANKS AND, OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY
RELATING THERTO.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, Grant County, Washington, is a duly organized and existing municipal
corporation operating under and by virtue of the Constitution and the laws of the State of
Washington; and
WHEREAS, chapter 36.18 RCW regulates the fees to be charged by county officers, and
other matters properly relating thereto; and
WHEREAS, chapter 36 18.016(23) empowers county commissioners, as the legislative
authority of the county, to determine and set costs for non -statutory services rendered by the county
clerk, by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners passed and adopted Grant County
Resolution No. 95 -195 -CC on December 21, 1995, determining and setting the handling fee on
returned checks for insufficient funds at Twenty and No/100 Dollars (S20.00); and
WHEREAS, Clerk's Office currently incurs a bank service fees in the sum of Twenty -Five
and No/100 Dollars ($25.00) each time a check is returned for insufficient funds; and
WHEREAS, the Clerk's Office expends time in the instance of each returned check,
researching what account to charge back to reverse the transaction, and authoring a letter to the party
who presented the check with insufficient funds, requesting payment to include the bank service fee;
and
WHEREAS, the Clerk's Office has advised staff has seen an increase in the number of NSF
checks, and
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WHEREAS, the Clerk's Office has advised banks have increased their service fees to Grant
County to return NSF checks; and
WHEREAS, the cumulative costs to the Clerk's Office and other Grant County offices and
departments to process NSF has become a burden on operations; and
WHEREAS, the Clerk's Office has recommended that the Board of County Commissioners
increase the handling fee on returned checks for Insufficient funds, In an amount to recapture the
bank service fees imposed on Grant County and the costs incurred by the Clerk's Office; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has found and determined that it Is the
best interest of Grant County government to Increase the handling fees on returned checks for all
Grant County offices and departments.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT
SECTION 1. REPEALER. Grant County Ordinance/Resolution No. 95 -195 -CC, passed and
adopted on December 21, 1995, is hereby repealed in Its entirety.
SECTION 2. HANDLING FEE. The Clerk's Office and all Grant County offices and
departments are hereby authorized to impose a handling fee in an amount not to exceed Forty and
No/100 Dollars (540.00), on all checks/warrants returned to Grant County by banks and other
financial institutions and/or any business duly authorized to Issue checks and/or warrants, including
without limitation, for Insufficient funds, also Identified as NSF. The amount will be determined and
set by the Board of County Commissioners in writing as policy on an annual basis, or more
frequently as warranted by increases from banks and other financial Institutions.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this ordinance/resolution, or Its
application to any person, party or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the
ordinance/resolution or the application of provisions to other persons, parties or circumstance, shall
not be affected
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance/resolution shall take effect the 1"day of
June, 2007
A public hearing was held on the above ordinance/resolution at - 30 o'clock
F. m., on the 6� Cd day of May, 2007.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED THAT THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS adopt this ordinance/resolution.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this �.� day of May, 2007.
Yea Nay Abstain BOA -RD OFF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Lel�oy Allison, air
Richard B. Stevens, Vice Chair
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Cindy C. C er, Member
Paybara J. Vasquez V
Jerk of the Board
PUBLISHED: 47 /07; Off//_/07
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