RESOLUTION RESTRUCTING THE FEE SCHEDULE OF PROCESS FEES IN THE SAUK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2015

WHEREAS, Section 814.705 (1) (a), Wisconsin Statutes, authorizes the Sauk County Board of Supervisors to establish fees higher than the level set by state statute for various services performed by the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office; and

WHEREAS, Section 814.70, Wisconsin Statutes, authorizes the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office to collect necessary expenses incurred with respect to civil process; and

WHEREAS, the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office currently charges $30 per attempt for paper service, writs and executions, $15 for the second paper served at the same address plus 55 cents per mile calculated from the County Seat; and

WHEREAS, the Sauk County Board of Supervisors revised established service of process fees by Resolution No. 67-03 adopted on April 15, 2003; and

WHEREAS, a flat fee would create less billing calculations and create same fee costs for citizen’s throughout the County rather than based on mileage from the County Seat and reduce or eliminate controversy as to service times and attempts; and

WHEREAS, a flat fee would allow for requiring prepayment of service fees and therefore eliminate past due and unpaid accounts and eliminate the additional efforts to recoup the money owed on those accounts; and

WHEREAS, the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office would like to go to a flat fee of $60 for paper service and $90 for writs and executions, which may, in effect, increase the fees for service; and

WHEREAS, it is appropriate at this time to establish a new fee schedule for service of process by the Sheriff’s Office and for the expenses of a deputy sheriff that more closely reflects the actual cost of providing service

            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors met in regular session that the Sauk County Sheriff be and hereby is authorized and directed to base process fees on a flat fee for service, $60 for paper service, and $90 for writs and executions, plus additional officer hours and expenses when necessary effective January 1, 2015