File #: 2013-0312    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: In control: Law, Justice, Health and Human Services Committee
On agenda: Final action: 9/16/2013
Enactment date: Enactment #: 17662
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the execution of assignments of contracts for public defense services between King County and Associated Counsel for the Accused, Northwest Defenders Association and The Defender Association.
Sponsors: Kathy Lambert
Indexes: Contracts, Public Defense
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17662.pdf, 2. A. Assignment of Public Defense Service Contract - Associated Counsel for the Accused, 3. B. Assignment of Public Defense Service Contract - Northwest Defenders Association, 4. C. Assignment of Public Defense Service Contract - The Defender Association, 5. A. Assignment of Public Defense Service Contract - Associated Counsel for the Accused, 6. B. Assignment of Public Defense Service Contract - Northwest Defenders Association, 7. C. Assignment of Public Defense Service Contract - The Defender Association, 8. 2013-0312 Fiscal Note.xlsx, 9. 2013-0312 Letter Attachment - State Death Penalty Assistance Contract.doc, 10. 2013-0312 Letter Attachment - State SVP Contract.doc, 11. 2013-0312 transmittal letter.doc, 12. Staff Report 2013-0312 DPD SMC contracts.doc, 13. Attachment 1 Striking Amendment.docx, 14. Attachment 2 Title Amendment.docx, 15. Attachment 6. Seattle Municipal Court Contracts.pdf, 16. Staff Report Proposed Ordinance 2013-0312 DPD SMC FINAL.docx, 17. REVISED Staff Report Proposed Ordinance 2013-0312 DPD SMC FINAL .docx
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Clerk 09/12/2013
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the execution of assignments of contracts for public defense services between King County and Associated Counsel for the Accused, Northwest Defenders Association and The Defender Association.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. On May 20, 2013, the King County council adopted Ordinance 17588 creating a department of public defense within the executive branch.
B. Ordinance 17588 authorizes the department to provide public defense services to the state of Washington, tribal governments and municipalities in King County on a full-cost-recovery basis and to negotiate appropriate contractual agreements, subject to council approval by ordinance when required by law.
C. Associated Counsel for the Accused ("ACA"), Northwest Defenders Association ("NDA") and The Defender Association ("TDA") entered into contracts with the city of Seattle ("the city") to provide public defender legal services to indigent persons charged with crimes in Seattle municipal court ("the contracts"). The contracts have a term of July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2014.
D. Section 21 of the contracts authorizes assignment of the contracts with city's consent.
E. The city has provided ACA, NDA and TDA consent to assign the contracts effective July 1, 2013, to King County.
F. King County, the city, ACA, NDA and TDA value the expertise of public defenders providing services to the city and recognize the need to maintain the continuity of services and to ensure that current and future clients have access to public defense services without disruption, as the settlement agreement is implemented.
G. The attached Assignment of Public Defense Services Contracts secures the city's ability to continue to receive public defender services. In exchange, the Assignment of Public Defense Services Contracts provides King County financial assurances that beginning July 1, 2013, the city's pa...

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