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Agenda Subject: Resolution No.4090
Date: August 28, 2006
Department: Legal
Attachments: Resolution No. 4090
Budget Impact:
Administrative Recommendation: .
City Council adopt Resolution No. 4090
Background Summary:
The City of Auburn together with a number of other King County area cities, have entered into contracts
among each other and with Yakima County for provision of jail services for their prisoners. There have
been some concerns about the availability of space and the adequacy of space to house the cities'
prisoners, and in order to make sure that the City has coverage, in the event that there are; problems in
providing adequate space for prisoners, it would be appropriate for the Mayor to be authorized to
negotiate with other agencies to make sure that there are agreements in place that would be able to
protect us in the event that we are not able to adequately house our prisoners through the Yakima County
Jail contracts
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Reviewed by Council & Committees:
Reviewed by Departments & Divisions:
❑ Arts Commission COUNCIL COMMITTEES:
❑ Building ❑ M&O
❑ Airport ❑ Finance
❑ Cemetery ❑ Mayor
❑ Hearing Examiner ❑ Municipal Serv.
❑ Finance ❑ Parks
❑ Human Services ❑ Planning & CD
❑ Fire ❑ Planning
❑ Park Board ❑Public Works
❑ Legal ❑ Police
❑ Planning Comm. ❑ Other
❑ Public Works ❑ Human Resources
Action:
Committee Approval: ❑Yes ❑No
Council Approval: []Yes ❑No Call for Public Hearing
Referred to Until _/_/_
Tabled Until
Councilmember: Cerino Staff: Heid
Meeting Date: September 5, 2006 Item Number: V111.6.9
AUBURN * MORE THAN YOU IMAGINED
RESOLUTION NO. 4 0 9 0
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, AUTHORIZING
THE MAYOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE
CONTRACTS WITH VARIOUS AGENCIES FOR JAIL
SPACE
WHEREAS, the City of Auburn is engaged in various municipal functions,
including Law Enforcement, Prosecution and Municipal Court Operation;; and
WHEREAS, when people are charged, convicted and sentenced for
violations of criminal law, one important penalty component is jail -time; and
WHEREAS, in order to provide for the jail -time for people convicted of
crimes and sentenced by the City's Municipal Court to serve time in jail for such
convictions, the City utilizes its own jail facilities (Auburn Jail), but that facility has
limited bed -space, and is not adequate to house all of the prisoners who the City
may be detaining — needing to detain; and
WHEREAS, in order to provide for the additional jail bed -space that the
City needs, the City has entered into contracts with Yakima County and other
jurisdictions to utilize space in the Yakima County Jail and coordinate with other
local jurisdictions for such use; and
WHEREAS, there have been problems with the implementation of these
contracts in making sure that the City has space available for its use that can
provide the needed housing of its prisoners in a way that conforms to the City's
needs; and while the City is working with its contract partners to address the
contract and space problems, along with other efforts to assure that it is able to
Resolution No. 4090
August 25, 2006
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adequately house its prisoners, it is appropriate to authorize the Mayor to
negotiate with other jurisdictions to make sure that the City has space to house
its prisoners.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN,
WASHINGTON, HEREBY RESOLVES as follows:
Section 1. That the Mayor is authorized to negotiate and execute, on
behalf of the City, agreements with jurisdictions for jail -space, within budgetary
constraints, to make sure that it has adequate facilities to house its prisoners.
Section 2. That the Mayor is authorized to implement such administrative
procedures as may be necessary to carry out the directives of this legislation.
Section 3. That this Resolution shall take effect and be in full force
upon passage and signatures hereon.
Dated and Signed this day of , 2006.
CITY OF AUBURN
PETER B. LEWIS, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Danielle E. Daskam, City Clerk
City Attorn
Resolution No. 4090
August 25, 2006
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