Starke County Sheriff Bill Dulin asked the county commissioners last week if a vehicle impound fee could be implemented.
The proposed fee would be $25. County Attorney Marty Lucas will be looking at statutes that would justify the authorization of such a fee. Lucas said he’s aware that other counties charge a fee, but will research the issue further before the commissioners present a final decision on the request, including how the fees would be utilized within the department.
Sheriff Dulin also asked the commissioners to amend the golf cart ordinance to include an inspection deadline date. He would like to set a deadline of July 1 for inspection and any inspections after that would be done with a late fee of $10 or $15. Dulin said officers are often doing inspections well into October despite open golf cart inspection hours on Saturdays.
“We’ve done probably five golf cart inspection sites on Saturdays,” said Dulin. “We’ve done quite a bit of them. I don’t know how many of them, probably 300, 400 or 500 just on those sites. Plus, we go to the residences.”
If passed, the amendment won’t to into effect until 2019. The commissioners will review the ordinance this fall to include that information.
