FIN 2018-11-06 Item 2A - Agreements - Prosecution, Public Defense and City Attorney Services / Sound Cities Association and Alliance One Lease Agreements

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EXHIBIT A - SCOPE OF SERVICES 1. Review, make filing decisions, and file all Tukwila Police Department reports involving misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor crimes and represent the City on all contested traffic hearings. 2. Appear at all criminal calendars in Tukwila Municipal Court on behalf of the City of Tukwila including but not limited to: in-custody/out-of-custody arraignments, pre-trial hearings and motions, readiness hearings, bench and/or jury trials, sentencings, review hearings and appeals. 3. Conduct investigations, contact witnesses, conduct plea bargain negotiations and make appropriate plea offers consistent with the laws and regulations as well as City of Tukwila standards and policies, make sentencing and bail recommendations to the Court, prepare and present legal memoranda, subpoenas, jury and other related materials, argue motions, represent the City at restitution hearings, conduct bench and/or jury trials. 4. Administrative functions relating to criminal prosecution and contested traffic hearings such as creation and maintenance of files, and completion of discovery requests. All files shall remain property of the City and shall be returned to the City upon termination of this Agreement or upon request by the City. Contractor shall retain all records in accordance with Washington State document retention laws. 5. Provide legal research, training and assistance to the Tukwila Police Department including statutory interpretation, enforcement issues and case decisions. Attend police department administrative staff meetings as requested. 6. File and defend appeals of municipal court decisions. 7. Contractor agrees to attend seven (7) hours of prosecution focused training each year. This requirement also applies to all associate counsel. Each Attorney will submit a copy of their Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Credits transcript from the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) with the Annual Report. 8. Reporting: Contractor agrees to submit the following reports: • Monthly Statistics Reports: This report shall take substantially the same form as that attached hereto as Exhibit C and shall be submitted with the monthly invoice; • An Annual Report detailing the number of cases filed for the year, the number of cases referred for pre -filing diversion, the number of cases where pre -filing diversion was successfully completed, the number of cases where stipulated orders of continuance or deferred prosecution was agreed to and the number of cases dismissed. 8 Walls Law Firm 2019-2020 Page 6 of 8