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Clerk 08/04/2008
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AN ORDINANCE extending the schedule for completion of a report regarding the regional jail capacity; and amending the 2008 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 15975, Sections 19 and 51, as amended.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 15975, Section 51, as amended, is hereby amended by deleting thereto and inserting therein the following:
ADULT AND JUVENILE DETENTION - From the current expense fund there is hereby appropriated to:
Adult and juvenile detention $0
ER1 Expenditure Restriction:
Of this appropriation, $205,000 shall be expended solely for the following programs: $120,000 for the Central Area Motivation Program and $85,000 for the Legacy of Equality, Leadership and Organizing (LELO) formerly known as the Northwest Labor and Employment Law Office, to provide community-based support and education to citizens involved in the court system. These services will be administered by and function under the guidance and direction of the department of adult and juvenile detention, community corrections division. The community corrections division shall determine the scope of work and reporting requirements. The program must work in concert with the other efforts undertaken by the county to reduce the jail population and to reduce recidivism. If any of the funds allocated to the Legacy of Equality, Leadership and Organizing are not expended, the department shall add the unexpended amount to its contract with the Central Area Motivation Program.
P1 PROVIDED THAT:
Of this appropriation, $25,000 shall not be expended or encumbered until the council reviews, and by motion, acknowledges receipt of a report from the department detailing the results of its capacity analysis for its community corrections program. The department shall transmit the report to the council by May 15, 2008. The report shall identify: (1) which community corrections programs need to be expanded; (2) when expansion is needed; and (3) a description of the best geographical locations for the expanded programs. The report shall include an immediate analysis of facility space vacated by the county's elections division upon their move to a consolidated facility in Renton that is scheduled to occur in December 2007. The report should also identify the executive's plans for expanding programs, including program options, schedules, resources needed for expansion, and milestones.
The plan required to be submitted by this proviso must be filed in the form of 12 copies with the clerk of the council, who will retain the original and will forward copies to each councilmember and to the lead staff for the law, justice and human services committee, or its successor and to the lead staff for the capital budget committee, or its successor.
P2 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT:
Of this appropriation, $100,000 shall not be expended or encumbered until the council reviews, and accepts by motion a report from the department detailing a review of the feasibility of implementing a regional transport system for arrestees. The department shall transmit the report to the council by May 1, 2008. The department shall work with all interested cities to evaluate whether law enforcement agencies could leave detainees at the closest detention facility (county or city) for eventual pick-up, transport and booking by the department. The department should meet with cities to determine actual and potential use of the regional transport system, develop proposed resource needs for the county and at local detention facilities, and develop a full implementation plan that includes city agreements for council review. The report shall identify the executive's plans for negotiating and implementing agreements with cities, schedules, resources needed for creating the transport system, and milestones.
The plan required to be submitted by this proviso must be filed in the form of 11 copies with the clerk of the council, who will retain the original and will forward copies to each councilmember and to the lead staff for the law, justice and human services committee, or its successor.
P3 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT:
It is the intent of King County that when new jail capacity is needed in the region there would be great public benefit to maintaining the current integrated regional system of adult and juvenile detention. As the county and cities evaluate their detention needs, the council directs that the executive seek partnerships with the cities to develop and send to the council a plan, prior to ((July 1)) August 21, 2008, that shows options to expand the county's current jail facilities and/or build new facilities in partnership with the cities.
The plan required to be submitted by this proviso must be filed in the form of 11 copies with the clerk of the council, who will retain the original and will forward copies
to each councilmember and to the lead staff for the law, justice and human services committee, or its successor.