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City Council Meeting Minutes June 4 2019 Page 9 of 16 Councilmember Stolzmann stated she would prefer a lower number of days. It is important as legislatures to know our ordinances are working as we want them to She was concerned that writing serious crimes into Municipal Court may allow someone like a domestic abuser to have no record for a very serious crime She would rather have considered a lower number Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated he is concerned about the excessive number of days possible in jail and would like to consider 180 days to align with Superior That still gives the Court the necessary tools make it work. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton made a substitute motion to approve the ordinance with a change to 180 days, Councilmember Stolzmann seconded the motion Prosecutor Cribari stated that she is the prosecutor in Superior as well and generally because they only have the ability to sentence to 180 days the Sherriff's office does not send lower level offenses such as assaults to the Superior Court. This means Superior residents don't have the option of using the Municipal Court the way we do in Louisville As to domestic violence cases the Louisville Court does not handle those, they are always written into County court because we do not have a probation department and domestic violence cases require probation follow up and treatment we cannot provide Mayor Muckle stated he thinks the 364 days is appropriate so we can write cases to our Court appropriately He generally supports writing cases to our court to handle them locally, match the sentence to the crime, and use alternative sentencing Councilmember Stolzmann asked what would qualify as a "low level assault." Prosecutor Cribari stated it if often older men who might be first time offenders who might be having financial or emotional issues. People who need therapy or other help who you might not want to have a permanent record and will not repeat the behavior She added the Council can decriminalize some offences such as a barking dog so jail time is not an option for those types of offense Vote on substitute motion Motion failed 3-4 with no votes from Mayor Muckle, Councilmember Loo, Councilmember Maloney, and Councilmember Leh Vote on original motion Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. RESOLUTION NO 19, SERIES 2019 — A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE 2019 BUDGET BY AMENDING APPROPRIATIONS IN THE GENERAL FUND, OPEN SPACE & PARKS FUND, CEMETERY FUND, HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND, RECREATION FUND, CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, IMPACT FEE FUND, RECREATION CENTER CONSTRUCTION FUND, WATER UTILITY FUND, WASTEWATER UTILITY FUND, STORM WATER UTILITY FUND, GOLF COURSE FUND, AND FLEET MANAGEMENT FUND FOR CARRY FORWARD OF