Drafter
Clerk 07/21/2011
Title
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of an interlocal agreement between King County and the city of Seattle for jail services.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. In 2002, King County entered into an interlocal agreement for jail services with most cities in the county ("the 2002 agreement").
B. In 2010, King County and twenty-four cities signed an amendment to the 2002 agreement that both improved cost recovery for the county and extended the term of the 2002 agreement to 2016 ("the 2010 agreement").
C. In the fall of 2010, the county and the cities that signed the 2010 agreement began negotiations on possible improvements to the model for calculating the jail fees and, for any interested cities, other provisions for creating a long-term, durable arrangement for misdemeanant jail services.
D. In April 2011, the King County executive and mayor for the city of Seattle signed an agreement in principle that set forth the elements for a long-term, durable agreement for misdemeanant jail services that includes providing the city of Seattle access to an increasing number of beds in King County jail facilities over a nineteen-year term at a reasonable cost while providing the county financial assurances that the city of Seattle will pay for a minimum number of beds and contribute to the cost of new jail capacity if the county determines it must build additional jail capacity during the nineteen-year term.
E. The attached interlocal agreement for jail services contains a typographical error in describing the calculation of the “Minimum Bed Adjustment Charge”, stating $20,250.00, when it actually would be $320,250.00. This is found in page 44 of the agreement. Since the Seattle City Council has already authorized execution of the agreement in its current form, it is the intent of the council that the executive correct the error before signing the final agreement, and obtain approval...

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