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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 AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE HANDLING FEE ON RETURNED CHECKS Page - t Y-\Cn d\8\:N-R\Ordlildtices\2007\Retumed Check Fee -Clerk's Office 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. AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE HANDLING FEE ON RETURNED CHECKS page -2 Y \Civil\8\M-R\Ordinances',2007\Retumed Check Fee -Clerk's Office 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 ° Y Cindy C. C er, Member Paybara J. Vasquez V Jerk of the Board PUBLISHED: 47 /07; Off//_/07 AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE HANDLING FEE ON RETURNED CHECKS Page - 3 Y\CrviI\S\M-R\Ordinances\2007\Retumed Check Fee -Clerk's Office