HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-02 RESOLUTION NO. lO-O2
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Port Angeles,
Washington, endorsing the passage of Proposition No. 1 on the
September 17, 2002, primary election ballot, which would impose a
sales/use tax of one-tenth of one percent for costs associated with
financing, equipping, repairing, maintaining/or operating the County
Jail, Juvenile Detention Center, and Forks City Jail.
WHEREAS, in 2002 the State Legislature eliminated the criminal justice funding to
Clallam County and the cities within the County; and
WHEREAS, a proposition has been placed on the primary election ballot on September
17, 2002 for voters within Clallam County to determine whether Clallam County shall fix and
impose a sales/use tax of one-tenth of one percent to be used to obtain funds for costs associated
with financing, equipping, repairing, maintaining/or operating the County Jail, Juvenile Detention
Center, and Forks City Jail; and
WHEREAS, if approved, revenue generated by the tax shall be distributed to Clallam
County and the Cities of Port Angeles, Sequim, and Forks according to the same formulas as the
criminal justice tax levied pursuant to RCW 82.14.340; and
WHEREAS, funds generated by the tax would offset existing jail expenditures, making
those monies available to replace lost state criminal justice funding; and
WHEREAS, the Clallam County Law and Justice Council, which represents the
criminal justice agencies and legislative bodies of the County and all incorporated cities, has met
and determined that a critical need exists to reduce jail and detention costs in order to allow
existing criminal justice funding to be used to replace lost revenue form the State of Washington;
and
WHEREAS, the Port Angeles Law Enforcement Advisory Board is supportive and in
agreement with the necessity for additional criminal justice funding; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Port Angeles recognizes the importance of
maintaining adequately funded local criminal justice/public safety enterprises; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Port Angeles recognizes the recent significantly
increasing detrimental impacts of methamphetamine use, sales and manufacturing on City
neighborhoods, residents and businesses and the critical need for funding to address this issue; and
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WHEREAS, at the August 27, 2002, Port Angeles City Council meeting, the public
was provided with notice and an equal opportunity to express opposing views concerning the
proposed ballot proposition;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of Port Angeles hereby expresses its support
to the voters for passage on the September 17, 2002 primary election ballot of the proposition to
enact a one-tenth of one percent sales tax to be used for the purpose of providing local criminal
justice/public safety funding.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a special meeting of said
Council held on the 27th day of August, 2002.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM'
Craig D. Knutson, city Attorney
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