HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-97 RESOLUTION NO. 12-97
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of
Port Angeles, Washington, expressing support for a
ballot measure to increase the sales tax in order to
expand the prisoner capacity of the County jail.
WHEREAS, Clallam County Sheriff Joe Hawe has presented documentation of the public
safety need for additional County jail space to house an increase in the current and predicted
prisoner population; and
WHEREAS, the Port Angeles Law Enforcement Advisory Board is supportive and in
agreement with the necessity for additional county jail beds; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 82.14.350 the Clallam County Board of Commissioners
has caused to be submitted to the voters on the November 4, 1997 ballot, an authorizing
proposition for a one-tenth of one percent sales tax to generate funds for the costs associated with
adding additional jail beds to the County's correctional facility; and
WHEREAS, the "Agreement for Prisoner Confinement Services" between the City of Port
Angeles and Clallam County states that in exchange for the County housing the City's prisoners,
"... the City agrees to pay the County a daily fee ... minus capital expenditures and expenditures
paid by any state sales tax revenue or jail revenue, which revenue is dedicated to the operation of
the County Correction Facility..."; and
WHEREAS, at the October 7, 1997, Port Angeles City Council meeting, Clallam County
Sheriff Joe Hawe made a presentation to the City Council and informed the Council that, "...any
moneys received through the sales tax will offset your (City) daily rate jail costs..." so that the City
would not "see any increase in costs."
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of Port Angeles hereby expresses its support for
the Clallam County Board of Commissioners and the Clallam County Sheriff in presenting to the
voters on the November 4, 1997, ballot, a proposition to enact a one-tenth of one percent sales
tax to be used for the purpose of providing funds for constructing and operating facilities
necessary to house the current and projected increase in the prisoner population.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 14th day of ._.October ,1997.
ATTEST: ~sper Ostrowski, Mayo'~[~
B~ky J. UI~'~, ~ty Clerk T-
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Craig D. Knut'son, City Attorney
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