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MAY, I AN ll CITY ('ollh,'I I./C I'i f ArroRN I:Y JANOARY 16, 1986 PAGF. TWO acknowIedge that tlr recommendat i-,ns of this roiilitiI t 1'"' w.ls essentially that which is now being proposed by the CountV, however, I feet that the county has missed several loliottnnt points contained in this ,.port. Nam,•ly, thr romm',,..,. urged the County to enter into diseus4ions with dad ;t-ok input from the suburbs on this matter and it was Ih, unwritten intent th,t input he in the context of a non -adversarial irc,•I ing. Also, the committ,v' on It""' tiix addressed unresolved concerns which we felt needed to n„ discussed and resolved prior to any final decision being made regardinq the •onsolidation of the Municipal rt+il't System. Obviously, the C.,unty Board has chosen to ignur„ the. unresolved concerns and to place themselves in an adversarial relationship with respect to the consolidation question rather than attempting to determine if a mutually agreeable conclusion could he reached. In respons,• to that study and various orher pressures the County Board directed their staff to undertake studies to determine the Court System's base needs as a part of a suburnan multi service center. You will n-te th.,t Commissioner Hunt make•: no reference to this study nor does she indicate what it), - intent of the County Board is with respect to placing a consolidated Municipal Court System within a suburhan service center. It would be my recommendation that the city Council take the position of opposini the submission of any legislation addressing the issue of court consolidation now or in the future until such time as conclusions are reached r••solvinq the following issue,;: 1. The location of violation bureaus within the offices of the individual suburban municipalities and the distribution formula used for dispersinq revenues fr,,m traffic violations. 2. The impacts that a consolidation of the Munw ipal Court. System would have on operating costs of the County and municipal governments such as personnel, facility rental and police and prosecution sts. 1. Consideratiin for the investment by the municipalities in the facilities used by th,- existing sy•item. 4. Consideration for a suburban service center providing a variety of County services cutrently available to suburban residents through the Municipal Court system and unava.lahte to suburban residents due to tt.eir location in downtown gaint Paul.