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7.77:f Agenda Section: 9.A slims REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATIONni Report Number. 93-497C Report Date: 3-18-93 ,STAFF REPORT council Action: '�' • ❑ Special Order of Business CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE March 22, 1993 0 Public Hearings ❑ Consent Agenda III Council Business Item Description: Consideration of Resolution No. 4354 Protesting Senate File 322/House File 458 - A Bill to Consolidate Municipal Prosecutions Under the Ramsey County Prosecutor Administrator's Review/Recommendation: - No comments to supplement this report • - Comments attached. Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) _ SUMMARY: At the March 1st Council Work Session, Senate File No. 322 was discussed. The bill, if passed, would consolidate municipal prosecution services under the office of the Ramsey County Prosecutor. The action would eliminate a city's ability to contract for prosecution services separately which currently controls costs and ensures accountability and responsiveness to the city's individual and unique legislative needs. The action would also increase costs for the City in the event that the suburban courts were closed (an action that many of the Ramsey County judges have advocated for a long time) and officers would have to travel to St Paul for court appearances. It is theorized by. many suburban officials that this bill, if passed, would be the first step in the attempt to eliminate the suburban courts in New Brighton and Maplewood. At this time, the bill remains in committee with no scheduled hearing dates. However, the Council may wish to send a very clear message to its legislators that the bill is not advantageous to Mounds View and, if fact, may prove to be significantly more costly to the City and its taxpayers. The attached resolution is presented for your consideration. If approved, it would be forwarded to the Mounds View legislators, the authors of the bill (both in the House and the Senate) as well as to the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Family Law. Gni rte � r�' Al / .�. i Sama tha 0 duno, ity Administrator RECOMMENDATION: • Motion to waive the reading and approve Resolution No. 4354 Protesting Senate File No. 322/House File No. 458 -- A Bill To Consolidate Municipal Prosecutions Under the Ramsey County Prosecutor .