Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to emergency jail housing; authorizing an emergency jail housing agreement between King County and Chelan county.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The King County department of adult and juvenile detention has a need for options to house inmates elsewhere in an emergency situation.
B. Similar ordinances, Ordinance 17977 for example, were enacted over the last year and authorized agreements between King County and Pierce and Snohomish counties.
C. The King County department of adult and juvenile detention is working to secure similar agreements across the state in order to have a variety of options to house inmates elsewhere in an emergency situation.
D. The attached agreement, Attachment A to this ordinance, allows the department of adult and juvenile detention and Chelan county to request that the other party provide housing and other related services during an emergency. The agreement includes cost reimbursement for emergency housing.
SECTION 2. The King County executive is hereby authorized to execute the emergency jail housing agreement and subsequent extensions, in substantially the form of Attachment A to this ordinance, between King County and Chelan county.