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Clerk 12/01/2010
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AN ORDINANCE relating to jail services; authorizing the execution of an amended interlocal agreement between King County and Washington state Department of Corrections.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The Washington state Department of Corrections ("DOC") has the authority to detain, or cause to be arrested, certain individuals. DOC desires to have these individuals housed by the department of adult and juvenile detention.
B. King County currently provides bed space to DOC under an interlocal agreement approved in 2003. The agreement expires December 31, 2010.
C. The department of adult and juvenile detention would like to make continued use of the DOC's work release facility.
D. Due to King County's ongoing budget crisis, there is no room available for DOC inmates without compensation to cover the costs of housing such inmates.
E. The attached interlocal agreement provides that DOC will pay for three hundred thirty inmates even if it uses fewer beds. The population is capped at four hundred forty-five inmates. The county will make twenty jail beds available for DOC in exchange for the use of thirty beds in DOC work release facilities. Also, DOC will provide reimbursement for variable jail and health services rates.
F. The attached interlocal agreement supersedes previous versions and extends the terms of the interlocal agreement through December 31, 2013.
SECTION 2. The King County executive is hereby authorized to execute an
interlocal agreement, substantially the form of Attachment A to this ordinance, between King County and the Washington state Department of Corrections.