[Ord. No. 2000-15, Sec. 1]
From and after the date of passage hereof, there is hereby established
an authority of the Administrator to allow the performance of public
service as alternative to incarceration ordered by the judge of the
Lincoln City Court.
[Ord. No. 2000-15, Sec. 2]
Public service shall be authorized in all cases wherein:
A.
The defendant has been sentenced to a determinate jail term;
B.
The defendant elects, by executing an appropriate written statement,
to perform public service in lieu of incarceration;
C.
The defendant pays the administrative fee hereby levied;
D.
The defendant complies with such rules as are promulgated by the
Administrator;
E.
The alternative is not prohibited by the terms of the sentence;
F.
The defendant is accepted into the program by the Administrator.
[Ord. No. 2000-15, Sec. 3]
There is hereby levied a fee in the amount of $10 per day for
the purpose of financing operational costs incurred in connection
with the maintenance of the program hereby authorized. The fee shall
be collected by the Administrator on a daily basis and all funds collected
under the authority of this ordinance shall be deposited on the date
received and turned over to the Clerk/Treasurer at the end of each
calendar month.
[Ord. No. 2000-15, Sec. 4]
The Chief of Police is hereby designated as Administrator of
the program and the funds generated hereby. The Chief of Police shall
have sole discretion to determine the scope and extent of public service
to be performed and shall have the authority to promulgate all rules
necessary to effectuate the purposes and language of this ordinance.
[Ord. No. 2000-15, Sec. 5]
The term "Public Service" as used herein, shall be deemed to
mean any labor performed on public or private property from which
the public derives a direct or indirect benefit.
[Ord. No. 2000-15, Sec. 6]
The Administrator may suspend public service in his sole discretion
at any time by any participate and no credit shall be allowed as an
offset to incarceration fro less than eight hours' service in
a twenty-four-hour period.
[Ord. No. 2000-15, Sec. 7]
For each eight hours of public service time, a participant shall
be allowed 24 hours' credit to offset jail time.
