HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 11-029-CCI30ARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Grant County, Washington
RESOLUTION S�TTING THE 2011 NSF
RETURN FEE FOR COUNTY OFFICES/
DEPARTMENTS AND, OTHER MATTERS
PROPERLY RELATING THERETO
RECITALS:
) RESOLUTION No. 11- (�� J -CC
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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 Stata 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(24) empowers county commissioners, as the legislative
authority of counties, to determine and set costs for non-statutory services renderad by the county
clerk, by ordinance or policy; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners passed and adopted Grant County
Ordinance/Resolution No. 07-071-CC on May 23, 2007, authorizing the County Clark and other
Grant County offices/departments to charge a handling fee on returned checks for insufficient funds
and returned item fee for county offices/departments, in an amount to be determined and set by the
Board of County Commissioner; and
WHEREAS, Grant County offices/departments incur bank service fees each time a check is
returned for insufficient funds; and
WHEREAS, the Grant County offices/departments expend time in the instance of each
returned check, researching what account to charge bacic to reverse the transaction, and authoring a
letter to the party who presented the check with insufficient funds, requesting payment to include
the banlc service fee; and
WHEREAS, the cumulative costs to Grant County offices/departments to process NSF can
be a burden on operations; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has found and determined that it is the
best interest of Grant County government to maintain the handling fees on returned checks for all
Grant County offices/departments for 2011 in the amount of Thirty and No/100 Dollars ($30.00).
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND OI�DAINED THAT THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIOI�TERS adopt this resolution,
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SECTION 1. HANDLING FEE. All Grant County offices/departments are hereby
authorized to impose a handling fee for 2011 in the amount of Thirty and No/100 Dollars ($30.00),
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.
SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY. If any provision contained within this resolution, or its
application to any person, party or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this resolution or
the application of provisions to other persons, parties or circumstance, shall not be a�fected.
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SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This resolution shall take effect the � c�ay of
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this ay of +, 2011.
130ARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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Carolann Swartz, Chair
Richard Stevens, Vice Chair
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Cindy Carter, Member
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