Drafter
Clerk 10/02/2013
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the use of the 2012-2020 interlocal agreement, approved by the council in Ordinance 17239, to be used as a template for cities or towns in King County seeking to enter into an agreement for jail services from King County.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KINGCOUNTY:
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 ("the extension 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 2016 agreement").
C. In the fall of 2010, the county and the cities that signed the 2016 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. Working with a group of the extension cities on the jail agreement administration group, two new contracting options were developed to provide a range of choices. One option ("the 2030 agreement") has a term that runs through 2030 and is modeled after the long-term, durable agreement with the city of Seattle approved by the council in Ordinance 17199 on September 26, 2011. To date, no other city has expressed interest in signing the agreement.
E. The second option ("the 2020 agreement"), has a term of January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2020. Use of the 2020 agreement with extension cities was approved by the council in Ordinance 17239 on December 16, 2011. The 2020 Agreement is being utilized by nineteen of the twenty-four extension cities.
F. Several other cities in King County have now expressed an interest in entering into an interlocal agreement with King County for jail services. The attached agreement is nearly identical...

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