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Clerk 02/02/2009
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the challenges to completion of a report related to the county contracts for indigent defense services; and amending Ordinance 16312, Sections 16 and 49, as amended.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 16312, Section 16, as amended, is hereby amended by adding thereto and inserting therein the following:
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET - From the general fund there is hereby appropriated to:
Office of management and budget $0
P1 PROVIDED THAT:
Of this appropriation, $100,000 shall not be expended or encumbered until the council receives and approves by motion the components and justification for each component that will be used to develop the indigent defense contracts between King County and the nonprofit defense corporations. These components shall be consistent with the model adopted by the council in Motion 12160. The report shall be developed by the department of community and human services in conjunction with the office of management and budget and shall include current data and input from the contract defense agencies and the King County Bar Association. The data shall include, but not be limited to information on caseload: staffing; and calendaring of cases for felony, complex felony, juvenile, misdemeanant, involuntary treatment, persistent offender and dependency cases. The report shall be submitted no later than ((February 1, 2009)) February 20, 2009, to ensure council approval of the proposed methodology prior to negotiation of the new contracts between the county and the contract defense firms. It is the intent of the council that the office of public defense shall work collaboratively with the nonprofit defense corporations and the King County Bar Association to complete the report and transmit it to the council as soon as possible.
The report must be filed in the form of 11 copies with the clerk of the council, who shall retain th...
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