For an additional appropriation in the "Postage" Accoutn of the Office of City Clerk in the amount of $248.66

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Re: A RESOLUTION FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION IN THE "POSTAGE"ACCOUNT OF THE CITY CLERK IN THE AMOUNT OF ' $248.66 AND THE TRANSFER OF THE SAME FROM THE r "TRAVELING EXPENSES", "PRINTING OTHER THAN OFFICE SUPPLIES" AND "REPAIRS OF EQUIPMENT", ACCOUNTS IN THE SAME CATEGORY TO-WIT: SERVICES CONTRACTUAL AND ALL BEING IN THE GENERAL FUND Whenever you do a larger volume of any business, your costs are bound to be increased. 1966 January thru September $31,665.00 (was sent7to General Fund - $2,179.00 more than in 1965) 1965 January thru September $29,486.00 At the present rate from October - November - December, the amounts will have been increased over last year, also this is possible through notices. Due to the increased amount of volume more notices need to be sent out; people who do not mail in their money need notices mailed for collection. Same occurence in private industry - they have charge accounts - they need to mail out notices. Insurance offices mail out notices for collections. Theory of Enforcement is Traffic Control not Revenue However, our collection speaks for itself! I'm interested in Law Enforcement, thus we need to collect unpaid tickets. My aim was to restore respect for our laws. (Theory of enforcement) . (We need to collect unpaid tickets to enforce the law). Meters were put into effect to help control the flow of traffic. To maintain traffic control is more important than revenue or postage spent. When operation cost is cut, then we must cut service, and when this is done our law enforcement is gone. In the interest of maintaining good government and since this department is law enforcement and since the CODE BOOK clearly states that the Violator has 48 Hours to pay a ticket after which a Notice is to be mailed. My office is an office of achievement, Law Enforcement and Efficiency. The present procedure on ticket envelope postage is as follows: Tickets where one dollar ($1.00) is placed in ticket envelope and dropped in the U. S. Government Mail Boxes are the metered Postage, at a cost of 7 cents each. Tickets that are paid in person require no postage. Tickets mailed otherwise are in envelopes and postage paid by the violator. The metered postage has been proven to be efficient in handling and receiving, since it is much easier to place one dollar in the ticket envelope and drop it in the mail box. There are other people who need to be reminded that they owe for tickets issued to them. (These are sent final notices -(pink copy of ticket) . Kathryn L. Blough City Clerk