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HomeMy WebLinkAbout87-053 - King County / Valley Cities - Drug Enforcement FundFILED NO / G:+ Y OF SELLEVyE DATE QTY CLERK 48. 0 AGREEMENT REGULATING THE ADMINISTRATION AND USE OF THE KING COUNTY DRUG ENFORCEMENT FUND. This is an agreement made among the law enforcement agencies located within King County, hereinafter referred to as "the Agencies", whose representatives have signed below. WHEREAS, the Washington State Legislature has enacted legislation empowering all Superior Courts to require the payment of contributions into an interlocal drug fund in sentencing for drug-related convictions; and WHEREAS, the Agencies wish to utilize the contributions which may be made available as a result of this legislation to facilitate enforcement of statutes and ordinances related to controlled substances; and WHEREAS, the King County Council has established a fund designated as the King County Drug Enforcement Fund (the -"Fund"), has directed that all contributions ordered by the Superior Courts of King County in sentencing for drug-related convictions be paid into this fund, and has authorized control of this fund to be regulated by a six -member board (the "Board") composed of five law enforcement officers from the Agencies and the King County Prosecuting Attorney or a deputy acting in an advisory and auditing capacity; and WHEREAS, the King County Prosecuting Attorney has pledged that his office will actively seek the ordering of contributions to the Fund from every defendant who is sentenced in a drug-related conviction in the Superior Courts of King County, NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 39.34.030, the Agencies hereby agree to the following: 1.) The Fund shall be administered by a board of five (5) law enforcement officers, plus the King County Prosecuting Attorney or deputy who will act in an advisory and auditing capacity. To ensure equitable representation of every agency participating in the Fund, the Board members shall be: a.) One board member appointed by agreement among or vote of a majority of the police chiefs of Algona, Auburn, Black Diamond, Des Moines, Enumclaw, Kent, Normandy Park, Pacific, Port of Seattle, Renton, and Tukwila; b.) One board member appointed by agreement among or vote of a majority of the police chiefs of Bellevue, Bothell, Carnation, Clyde Hill, Duvall, Issaquah, Kirkland, Lake Forest Park, Medina, Mercer Island, Redmond, Skykomish, Snoqualmie, and University of Washington; c.) One board member appointed by the Sheriff -Director of the King County Police Department; d.) One board member appointed by the Chief of the Seattle Police Department; e.) One board member appointed by the President of the King County Police Chiefs Association; and f.) The King County Prosecuting Attorney or a deputy serving in an advisory and auditing capacity. Board members shall serve at the will of the person or persons who appointed the member. There shall not be more than one board member from any agency. 2.) The King County Prosecuting Attorney shall develop and advise the Board of guidelines as to the amount of - 2 contributions to the Fund that will be sought in various categories of drug-related cases. 3.) The Fund shall be utilized only to aid in significant narcotics investigations. Each agency that becomes a party to this agreement shall have access to the Fund. Funds requested by an agency shall be disbursed according to applicable law, King County ordinance 7796 , and adopted policies and by-laws, as all may now exist or may hereafter be amended, following approval for the disbursement by any three law enforcement representatives on the Board. Standard request and accounting forms will be provided to ensure that the Fund is lawfully maintained as authorized by the King County Council and to facilitate auditing. Written by-laws of the Board and goals and objectives and priorities of the Fund shall be developed and adopted by the Board members in consultation with representatives of each agency and presented to the King County Executive for review. By-laws shall provide for return to the Fund of monies not actually expended by a receiving agency. 4.) The Fund shall acquire no funds other than contributions ordered as a condition of probation or suspended sentences or as part of a sentence in King County Superior Courts and income earned by the Fund. The Fund will not affect the seizure and forfeiture of assets by each individual agency. The Fund will not affect any contributions ordered as a condition of probation or suspended sentences in any district or municipal courts located in King County. 5.) Each Agency which is a party to this agreement agrees to cooperate in good faith in the use of the Fund. Any disputes which cannot be resolved by the law enforcement representatives on the Board shall be referred by those members to the King County Prosecuting Attorney for final and binding resolution. 6.) Each Agency which is a party to this agreement hereby agrees to accept liability for any act, error, or omission of its own employees, arising out of or connected with this agreement and to indemnify and hold the other agencies and their employees and agents harmless from any such liability, claim or cause of action arising from or connected with the performance of the agency's officers or employees under this agreement. 7.) This agreement is to be effective April 15, 1986, or as soon as four agencies have executed it, whichever occurs later. Any party may terminate its participation in the Fund under this agreement by giving sixty days written notice of its termination to the other parties hereto. Prior to termination, an agency must return to the Fund all monies disbursed to the agency which have not actually been expended. If no more than one Agency remains as a party to this agreement after its effective date, then this Agreement shall terminate and all monies in the Fund shall remain part of that Fund, subject only to the control of King County. All parties, through their authorized agents, having read and understood the above agreement, and intending to be bound by it, the authorized agents of each agency have signed below on the date they have noted. City of By: L L: 1 1C4-/ Date: ,3 Approval Recommended Algo a Police rtment ee By :t,� 03. Chief S z3 Approval Recommended Auburn Pp e partment By: Chief King Co my BY: Date: /Do"i8hfi City o f , Mjdi a By: d Date: //-/2 -S,� Citymer f er' sland By:L �/� /j Li "1 Date: A--72.. y/(71'-'" City By: Date: City of P cific / B Date: q /V-37,7 / Port of fi$attle By: Date. 7A1/ - 6 - Approval/ -Recommended BY: / 2;44 Kent Police Depa m f ,u //2o /g' Approval Rec ended King unty P lice Department By: Sheriff -Director Approval Recommended Kirk dol ' ce p Pytmept Chief j911��' Approval Recommended Lake Forest Park Police Department By: C(414 -re/ Ar S C lef �v 9oG , cry! 3--6 C --n Approval Recommended Medina Police rtmenL By: Chi-ef 1 Approval Recommended Merc Isia •! '^� ice Department By: ief Approval Recommended Normandy•ParklPolice Department By: % Chief Approval Recommended Pacific40V a De artm nt By: at Chief fae. , s.,/#474, .,464wIde. Approval Recommended Port of Seattle Police Department By: Chief City Approval Recommended By:721:11evueBellevue �partment Date: City of B1aok;.D' nd By :t, r, Y 1 Date: ', —(( --; / City of Bothell By: t,,,044009 Date: dI2b4tt City By: Date: City o s Moines By : Date: e/z, 'VS `04 City f Duvall n BY: D /i/ Fv7 By: Acti q ief Approval Recommended Black D. mo olice De By: Approval Recommended Bothell Po 'ce De artment By: Q. Chief ?A.A. / 86 Approval Recommended Carnation Police Department By: u5 waw Ch 3 -?O Approval Recommended Clyde 11 Police Department By: '4.-m- )77. ief Approval Recommended Des Moi esolic By: /-1//iiI4 a Chief rtment Approval Recommended Duva Poli a Departm nt By: Chief 1144, S_! Approval Recommended Enum 1pawPice�o ce part en By: r Chief tu, Approval Recommended Issaquah Police Department By: s _ . City o , Redmond By: Date: City of Renton By: Date: Date: (4, 42.qT1 City By: . `! Date: Unive By: Date: Approval Recommended Redmond ice DeTt7t By : ���� Chief Approval Recommended Renton o ice D p;t wpt By: '�C i%r�� /.CL j-// Chief Approval Recommended Seatit�eapo is Department By : r rueXe. � xy� Chief Approval Recommended Skykomis olice Departme t o �/ Chief Phi✓ q- g-fL -" Approval Recommended Snogu�alm. a Poli a Department BY �a�t-C la Chiefp44, - =--776 . /• Ig Approval Recommended Tukwila poleice D partm n By: it/1f°' Chf Approval Recommended University of Washington P. ice De art B �,�. �r✓� LC