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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 ) ) ) ) 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, RESOLUTION SETTING 2011 NSF RETURN FEE Page 1 of 2 N:\Civil 8\DEPARTMENTS\Reso]utions\2011\Returned Check Fee 10-04-150\Dowments�Returned Check Fee 4-14�1 l,doc 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. � SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This resolution shall take effect the � c�ay of � �-� , 2011, PASSED AND ADOPTED this ay of +, 2011. 130ARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON � � �� Carolann Swartz, Chair Richard Stevens, Vice Chair ,_ � Cindy Carter, Member RESOLUTION SETTING 2011 NSF RETURN FEE Page 2 of 2 N:\Civi18\DEPARTMENTS\Resolutions\2011\Returned Cl�eck Fee 10-04-150\DowmentsU2emrned Check Fee 4-14-1 l,doe