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M7NiI'CnJ <br />Ci.t:.y Coimc:i.l. <br />Sept. 29, l.9£32 <br />Attornc~~y F'ees <br />antici.pated f.or 1983. This esti.mate i.s Uased on the f:ir.,t ,i_x <br />months~oE 1.98?. <br />'Lhe At_torney commented t.hat_ the City's cux~r.enC ci.v:i1 retai.ner ~is <br />$77_5 per inonCh and he :i.s proposi.ng an increase to $~50 per montl~. <br />7'he cr,i.m~i.nal. retainer is ~1,175 per month and the pro~osed i_ncrease <br />i.s $1,3`i0 per month. <br />Th<~~ Attornc~~y poi.nted ouY, thaC the amounCS proposed f:or 19f)3 are <br />].ess than what was aciopted in 1981. by the Ci.Cy. 7'1ie AtCOr.ney <br />11so commenced tkiat tPie amotmt ot fines rece~i.ved by the City <br />has i.ncreased in 193?_ arid f.urCher i.ncreases are ~nticip<ited in ].R83. <br />Mrs. Scaize aslced i.f the Ci.ty has been :i.nvolved i.n morc cri.irii.nal <br />~nd ci.vil c~ses this year i.n r.elati_on to other years. Mr. J9.m 0'Connor, <br />a rnember of [he Ci.Cy's lara f.ir.m, repl.ied tl~at he coulcl not deter.nri.ne <br />Chi_s eis Chere are no recorcls to rescarch Co get these Fi.~;ur.es. <br />A1rs. Scal.ze aslcec9 tt~e reason f:or the i.ncrelsed revenue f:r.an fi.nes. <br />Mr. S~aeeney r.epli.ed that tlie max~i_inum f.i_nes for mi.sdemeanors has been <br />z.ncreased. Mr. 0'Connor ~J.so commented tiiat Che <;r~iroe rate is up. <br />Mr. Sweeney al.so explai.ned tc~ the Counc:i.l. tP~e sysCem set up for <br />reCUrni.nn a pro-rata port:i.on of fi.ne money Co the City. <br />Mr. fahey i.nformecl the Council that he spoke w~ith i9r. Sweeney th:i.s <br />morni.ng and i.nfonned h:i.m tlxat he had a problem with the cri.mi.nal <br />reta~,i.ner, Pahey staCec.t that 11e felt $F300 per month ~aas a more <br />relsonable increase over 19£S2. Mr. Pahey st~tecl Chat i~e Ctio~.igh~ <br />t:l~e Attor.ney would be wil.l~ing t.o accept. thaC fi};ure. <br />Mr.. Flanson z~siced the Attorney i.f Cher~: cras room for nep,ot~i.ati_on i_n <br />thc~ .feES, 'I'i1e AtCOrney replied that he would have no pr.oble:n ta~itl~ <br />the $f300 f i_nure. <br />Mrs. Scalze asked i~ow the ACtorney f.ecs £or 1932 compared wi.~h ].981, <br />The C~ity Clerlc expl.ained t1~ie compar~ison of the varioi.is Fees. <br />Mr. Pahey commentecl Chat the 1983 proposed budget is up :}~4,400 <br />over the Oi.[y's 1981 buda~t. P,~1r.. Pahey £elt t1~at th-i.s was a sma1.1. <br />increase. <br />~1rs. Nardi.ni i.i~troduced the followi_ng reso7.uti.on and moved its adoption: <br />RPSOLlPLION V0. £~2-9-491 - <br />D,F,CLARING t~1CC~PTt1i~i.,fi THI; CIGl1Ri3 <br />OP $39,F300 BIJDGPTED POlt A'I°CORNEY <br />FF.,PS POR 19£33 <br />Page -3- <br />