HomeMy WebLinkAbout49-92 RESOLUTION NO. 49-92
A RESOLUTION of the City of Port Angeles
supporting the continuation of Criminal
Justice Assistance Funding.
WHEREAS, the Washington State Legislature recognized
the need for addition funding support for local criminal justice
agencies when they enacted the City/County Criminal Justice
Assistance Act; and
WHEREAS, the cities and towns have used the recently
provided criminal justice assistance funds to improve the
criminal justice system at the local level; and
WHEREAS, the criminal justice system continues to be
adversely impacted by crime, drugs, and gangs; and
WHEREAS, all cities are not the same and urban cities
have vastly different needs and resources than lesser populated
cities and towns yet the citizenry expectations may be the same;
and
WHEREAS, many municipalities have exhausted their
fiscal capacities and do not have adequate resources to meet the
challenges of the increasing demand for criminal justice
services; and
WHEREAS, the provision of the additional criminal
justice assistance funds sunset in 1993;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Port
Angeles requests that the Legislature continue the criminal
justice assistance funding, including the authority for all
counties to impose a one-tenth of one percent increased sales tax
for criminal justice purposes, including domestic violence
community advocates who form a critical piece of effective
coordinated response to this epidemic of violence in our cities,
and urges the Legislature to remove the non-supplanting language
from current law; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Port Angeles
requests that the legislature enact legislation that gives cities
and towns additional local option funding sources for criminal
justice programs.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 15th day of
December, 1992.
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Crai~ D. ~nutson, City'Attorney
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