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ATTEST:
WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO. 516
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING MAYOR
TO NEGOTIATE A DEFENSE SERVICE
AGREEMENT WITH KING COUNTY,
WASHINGTON
WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila maintains and operates
a Municipal Court; and
WHEREAS, certain defendants appearing in said Court
are indigent and cannot afford legal representation; and
WHEREAS, said indigent defendants may be entitled
to have legal counsel appointed by the Court to represent
them at no expense to the defendants,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
Tukwila, Washington does resolve as follows:
The Mayor is authorized to negotiate a
defense service agreement with King County,
Washington, with terms and conditions identical
to, or substantially similar to, the Defense
Service Agreement, a copy of which is attached
hereto as Attachment 1.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, y�,'
WASHINGTON, At a regular meeting thereof this 1st day of March 1976
Edgar D. Bauch Mayor
Shirlee Kinney City Clerk
THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into this er., day of Ali -cat/,
by and between KING COUNTY, a municipal corporation of the State
of Washington, hereinafter referred to as "County," and the
CITY OF TUKWILA a municipal corporation
of the State of Washington, hereinafter referred to as "City
WHEREAS, the County, through the Office of Public Defense, has
been providing defense services to indigents charged with State
misdemeanor offenses in the County District Courts, and
WHEREAS, the County Office of Public Defense has an established
list of attorneys who participate in the defense of indigents in King
County, and also contracts with non- -i rnfi t legal cor pnratic n s fnr
said defense, and
WIIEREAS, the County Office of Public Defense has an established
method of determining iridigenc'y and assigning qualified cases to
attorneys where constitutionally required, and
WHEREAS, the City has a need for obtaining appointed counsel
for qualified indigents charged with violations of certain City
criminal Ordinances,
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements
contained herein,
IT IS AGREED:
1. The County Office of Public Defense will interview defend-
ants charged with violating criminal Ordinances of the City who have
requested counsel, obtain and pay for legal counsel for those quali-
fied indigents.
2. The City agrees to reimburse the County the sum of One Hun
dred Five and no /100th Dollars ($105.00) per case for each indiaent
charged with violating a City Ordinance and assigned an attorney by
the Office of Public Defense, said sum to include interviewing and
indigency determination by the Office of Public Defense.
3. On the last working day of each calendar quarter, the
Administrator of the Office of Public Defense will certify to the
City the number of cases assigned attorneys during that quarter, and
upon accepting said certification, the City shall pay the county an
amount equal to the number of cases so certified times One Hundred
Five and no /100th Dollars ($105.00), which shall cover all costs
for examination and defense including the fee for any defense
attorney so assigned.
4. The term of this agreement shall be from
through December 31, 1976.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this agree-
ment on the date first above, written.
A PP as toe orm:
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P. Bruce Wilson, Director
County Ofifige of Public Defense
CITY ATTORNEY
ULFENSE SERVICE AGREEMENT
WITNESSETH:
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CITY OF 1 .A LU I
BY
KING CO,:/ TY
BY
January 1, 1976