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Administrative Fines/City Ordinances <br /> I am recommending that the City of Pequot Lakes implement Administrative Fines that <br /> will involve numerous statutes that we currently use for State Tickets. <br /> Basically what this program does is allow the city to govern themselves more than they <br /> are now when it comes to violations involving petty misdemeanors only. These are <br /> tickets that if presented in the State/County system would NOT be subject to jail time. <br /> There are numerous cities around that state that use this method and it works very well. <br /> Little Falls, Pine River, Long Prairie,New Ulm, Redwood Falls, Staples to name a few. <br /> In a nut shell, what happens is we issue the person a City of Pequot Lakes Administrative <br /> Ticket. They have 14 days to mail in the ticket/fine money. If they choose not to do that, <br /> we mail them a friendly reminder. After 60 days if we have not received their ticket/fine <br /> money, we then issue them a state/county ticket for the offense. This is a very simple <br /> procedure and there are no Double Jeopardy issues.None of these Admin Fines will <br /> appear on their driving record or be reported to their insurance company. <br /> Violations that would be under the Administrative Fines would be as follows: <br /> Speeding <br /> Stop Sign <br /> Passing violation <br /> Exhibition driving <br /> Public Nuisance <br /> Trespassing <br /> Seatbelt violations/adult and children <br /> Disorderly Conduct/school disorderly conduct <br /> Public intoxication <br /> The other ones we already have in place such as parking, animal ordinances, planning <br /> and zoning etc will stay in place. <br />