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A APR 2 3 1996 BOOK 64 r t but County Clerk Freda Wright has said that if the additional workload warranted it, she might need additional personnel. Attorney Vitunac believed there would be a crunch at the beginning as they work through the mass of outstanding parking violations, but pointed out that the law also allows the Clerk to receive a portion of the fines collected. Commissioner Wodtke believed there would be quite a lot of cost involved, and asked how many outstanding unpaid parking tickets there are. Attorney O'Brien believed it is a very substantial amount. He emphasized there is no practical way to make these people pay at present as the State Attorney's Office will not prosecute due to their heavy workload on other matters. Chairman Scurlock felt that if we find that the ordinance does not work, the County can always repeal it. Administrator Wright explained that the City will have to inform the Clerk of the parking violations and the Clerk will in turn inform the Tax Collector. Commissioner Lyons wondered if parking ticket violations come up on a computer when an officer is putting through a license check after stopping someone for speeding, and a deputy sheriff in the audience advised that just the moving violations come up on the computer. Assistant County Attorney James Wilson noted that the County has a parking violation ordinance in the works right now which will include parking violations for parking in road rights- of-way. Commissioner Wodtke asked if any thought was given to not renewing a driver's license if he had five or more outstanding unpaid parking tickets, and Attorney O'Brien stated that the State not only determined that the tickets would be charged to a vehicle tag instead of the driver's license, but determined the number of tickets also. 36 M