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Clerk 06/02/2011
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A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a report by the office of performance, strategy and budget in the executive's office on the feasibility of and a plan for implementation of a pilot project for providing specialty court services for veterans, as required in the 2011 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 16984, Section 18, Proviso P2.
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WHEREAS, the 2011 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 16984, Section 18, Proviso P2, requires acceptance by motion of a report on the feasibility of and a plan for implementation of a pilot project for providing specialty court services for veterans, and
WHEREAS, the office of performance, strategy and budget worked collaboratively to produce such a report with representatives from district court, superior court, the department of judicial administration, the office of the public defender, the prosecuting attorney's office, defense contract agencies, jail health services, the department of adult and juvenile detention, the department of community and human services and council staff, and
WHEREAS, the executive has responded to the proviso by transmitting to the council with this motion a report on a specialty therapeutic court for veterans, and
WHEREAS, the executive supports the decision by district court to pilot a veterans treatment track in regional mental health court;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The executive has responded to Ordinance 16984, Section 18, Proviso P2, by submitting a report on the feasibility of and a plan for implementation of a pilot project for providing specialty court services for veterans, which is Attachment A to this motion.