Public Safety (Municipal Responsibility Standards)

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October 13, 2025

Municipal Responsibility Standards

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The governing council engages the appropriate resources and staff and no more than appropriate resources and staff to attend to the basic safety of the public within reasonable standards and limits without encroaching on the public's right to assume reasonable risks without government interference into their personal lives unnecessarily. The governing council seeks not to levy or collect public safety related fines or fees as a revenue source beyond the accomplishment of the foregoing. All other activities and endeavors of the governing council on behalf of the public, that are not directly related and necessary for public safety, shall be financed through fully transparent fees or taxation and not subsidized by excess fines and fees purporting to be required for public safety.

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