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Clerk 11/30/2006
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the county executive to enter into an interlocal agreement with the city of Lake Forest Park relating to the provision of prosecution services for in-custody hearings.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings.
A. The city of Lake Forest Park ("the city") currently operates its own municipal court and provides its own prosecution services for cases filed in municipal court.
B. The city contacted the King County prosecuting attorney regarding the possibility of contracting for prosecution services for in-custody hearings on Saturday and holiday jail calendars.
C. The prosecuting attorney is able and willing to provide the city with the prosecution services it requested as outlined in the attached agreement.
D. The King County prosecuting attorney and the city in negotiating this agreement created an arrangement that allows the city to receive the limited prosecution services it requested and allows King County to recover its costs in providing the services.
SECTION 2. The county executive is hereby authorized to execute an interlocal agreement, substantially in the form attached to this ordinance, with the city of Lake Forest Park to contract with King County for prosecution services for in-custody hearings on the Saturday and holiday jail calendars.