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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMetro Local Narcotics Amend Agr to add West Richland Please remm recorded aoonment co: Kennewick Cicv Clerk P. O. Box 6108 a rye . sva 00 KennewicK. WA 99336 0010-006 B03 casGR o�na: . + - METRO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT LOCAL NARCOTICS CONTROL PROGRAM AND METROPOLITAN CONTROLLED SLIRSTANCE ENFORCEMENT GROUP INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT Ancled 20 0 - 000743 Recorded Under 20104 into 7p 3 This Interlocal Agreement is made and entered into puasuam m the provisions of Chapter 39.34 RCW, by and among the following panics: City of Pasco City of Kennewick City of Richland City of West Richland Benton County Franklin County I2L+CITALS 1 . Poor to 1987, the Cities of Kennewic K, Pasco, Richland, and West Richland, and the Co nties of Benton and Franklin, through their law enforcement agencies, maintained a orking agreement For the purpose of combating c nl'olled substances trafficking within the Tri-Cities community. This quasi-organized effort was Known as the Metropolitan Enforcement Group 2. Theo al parties entered into an Interlocal Agreement in 1987 which proviaea a re formal organ ation in order to centralize supervision and to qualiFy for federal £unas o disp¢nsed bytWashington State's Department of Community Trade and Economic - Development ("CITED"). In November of 1990, the Cities of Connell and Prosser desired to also participate in the group, and the original parties desired to include them. In October of 1991 and January of 1994, respectively, the cities of Prosser and Connell decidea to n longer participate. In Dec¢mber 2004 the City of West Richland also decided to no longer participate. METRO JNTERLOCAL AGREEMENT Page 1 of 12 3. The financial officer of Kennewick initially administered a Metro Drug Forfeiture Fund consisting of the proceeds of forfeitures, federal grants and ecaurt ordered contributions. In January 1990, the City of Pasco took over administration of the Metro Drug Forfeiture Fund. In January of 2009 the City of Kennewick took over all administrative £unctions except for financial administration. Effective July 1 , 2009, the City of Kennewick took over the financial administrative Function and control of the Metro Drug Forfeiture Fund. 4. On December 3Q 2009, the Cities of Kennewick, Richland and Pasco and the Counties of I3entpn and Franklin entered into a n d m e Metro Interlueal Agreement reflecting this transfer of administrative duties to the City of Kennewick. 5. In January 2010 the City er West Richland notified the m tuber agencies of Metro of its desire Co join Metro. This Agreement is to formalize the participation of West Richland as a member agency. 6. The federal government has appropriated monies to the State of Washington to £unrl n ordinated state-wide narcotics c ntrel pregra . These Funds were administered by DCD ntiI the Spring of 1993 , at which time DCD became the State of Washington Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development ("GYRO"j. " he Department of Commerce er a successor state agency will continue m administer these funds. 7. Based upon established criteria, the parties are eligible to apply for a grant to assist them in their efforts m e mbat controlled substances trafficking. Department of Commerce desires to enter into a contract with one participating jurisdiction, to ben coed in the grant application as the applicant jurisdiction, and which shall have the duty of administering the grant en behalf of the participating jurisdictions. g. The patties desire to enter into an Agtre ment toe able the applicant jurisdiction tore e the gran4 to administer the grant, and to he responsible for compliance with its terms on behalf of the participating jurisdictions. 9. The City of Kennewick has eunsevatea to act as the applicant jurisdiction with regard to future appbcanens re Department of Commerce and any funds supplied by a Department of Commerce grant. 10. Chapter 39.34 RCW provides Chat leeal jurisdictions may enter into cooperative agreements in order to best serve the needs of their local communities. Now, therefore, the parties hereto, through their goveming bodies, do hereby agree as follows: SECTION 1 — DEFINITIONS a. "Application" rneans an application submitted to Department of Commerce for a controlled substance law task force grant. METRO INTEALOCAL AGREEMENT Page 2 of 12 b. "Agency" and "Agencies" shall mean the member agencies of Metro, that being the Police Departments of the Cities of Kennewick, Pasco, Richland, West Richland, and the Sheriffs Departments of Benton and Pranklin Counties. c. "Department o£ Commerce" means the Washington State Department of Commerce. d. "Executive Board" rneans the oversight currunittee cons isting of One City Manager from each of the cities o£ Pasco, Kennewick, Richland, and the Mayor of West Richland, or the designee from aratung the members er each City Council and one County Commissioner [tutu each of the Counties of Benton and Franklin, Or their design a from among nun- judicial elected o££icials of their County or a county administrator working for the County Commissioners. The Chairperson of the Operations Board or his/her designee from a ng its naernhers and the Support Services Executive Director of the City of Kennewick shall be non-voting m tubers of the Executive Board. The Executive Board shall be the chief administrative Officer for the purpose of budget transfers within each Fund. e. "Junstlicrions" vnean the cities of Kennewick, Pasco, Richland, West Richland, the counties of Benton and Franklin. f. "Local Narcotics Control Program Fund" ("LNCPF") means the Fund to be administered by the City of Kennewick For purposes of grant administration and the receipt and disbursement of grant funds. g. "Metro" racans the Metropolitan Controlled Substance Enforcement Group which is ulti-jurisdictional investigative group c sisting of the law enforcement officers and the upper[ personnel of the tuber jurisdictions and any Washington State Patrol investigator agreed m by the Operations Board. h. "Macro Drug Forfeiture Fund" nteans the es:sting Metro fund of that name, which was transferred to and administered by the City of Kennewick effective July 1 , 2009- This fund ay r ceive the pro eeds of torfeimr ,, federal grants, and court ordered or other ont"hutions for the purpose of en FOrccment of the controlled substance laws of the State of Washington. t . "Metro Operations" means any controlled substance law enforcement activity in which an officer assigned to Metro takes an active part, either as part of a s eillance team, raid team, ur an arresting officer. Metro operations may also include controlled substance law enforcement activity in which Metro's sole participatien w as to supply intelligence nformation to the arresting agency. The Operations Bnara, in erriance with the provisions of Section 8.h, shall determine whether the providing of information in ny given case has been substantial enough to constitute making that activity a Metro operation. METRO IN"I'ERLOCAL AGR >_' ^T'NT Page 3 of 12 j. "Operations Board" shall raeun the law enforcement policy body for Metro and will consist of the Chiefs of Police of Kennewick, Pasco, Richland, West Richland, and the Sheriffs and Prosecuting Attomeys of neaten and Franklin Counties. It shall rocommend the budget for the grant funds and their disbursement and be responsible for preparing applications £or any additional grants or renewal of the CTED grant- The Support Services Executive Director of the City o£ Kennewick shall be a -voting m mbar of the Operations Board for purposes of advisement en financial and fund administrative matters. Prosecuting Attorneys shall refrain from voting on purely investigative issues. The Kennewick Police Chief shall serve as chairperson. k. "Paid Vouchers" truesus all purchase orders, invoices, payroll, records, etc., to back up expenditures by participating jurisdictions. SECTION 2 — PURPOSE The purpose of this Agreement is to establish an organized effort to combat violations of ntrolled substance laws within the c retracting jurisdictions and to take advantage of Department of Commerec and any other available grants. SECTION 3 — GENERAL DUTIES OF Tl PARTIES The parties have or shall: a. Authorize their respective representative tn, exeeute any and all necessary documents to obtain grant funds available pursuant to State and Federal Law for the purpose of establishing a regional, multi-jurisdictional Task Force; b. Authorize their officials and employees to participate in the activities of Metro according to this Agreement, the work plan established in the application, and as determined by the appropriate adrrvnistrative body; C. Authorize their law enforcement officials to enter into operating agree rnents. such as the one to existence pursuant to 10.93 RCW to enable these agencies to participate in Metro. SECTION 4 — DURA"ftON/WITIIDIIAWAIATERMINATION a. This Agreernent shall commence iruraeaiately upon its execution by all of the parties and filing with the auditors for Benton and Franklin counties and shall continue until terminated by the jurisdictions. b. The grant from Department of Commerce is made £or one year at a time, beginning July 1" of each year. Any party may withdraw from Metro effective the beginning of the n e zt grant year by giving written notice by April 1st of that Year to the parties subject to this METRO IIVTERLOCAL AGREEMENT Page 4 of 12 Agreement. A party that withdraws from Metro before termination of Metro as defined in Section 4.c shall forfeit 100% o£ their share of the Metro Forfeiture Fund equity and assets. e- Termination of this Agre crnent shall only Occur upon written mutual agreement of all the parties that a at the time of termination participants in Metro and subject to this Agreement. The written agreement for ter ainaticn shall be executed by April 1" of any given year to he effective July 1st of that year. SECTION 5 — TASK FORCE a. Each party has cerntnittea to providing, as long as rheir respective budgets allow, the following personnel with their assigned equipment to Metro: City of Kennewick - 2 : cstigators City of Pasco - 2 i esr➢gators Ca of Richland - 1 : cstigatcr City o£ West Richland - 1 invcstigator Benton County - 1 investigator Franklin County - 1 investigator Each party has the option of anten6ing thenumber of personnel assigned Cu Metro. Notice of any change in then tuber of personnel committed to Metro shall be g:v n to the Executive Board by January t " of that year to take effect within 30 days of that year. b. The City of Kennewick shall supply a supevviscvY person o£ the grade of Captain ev above m act as a part-time administrator. That person shall s approximately one-fourth of his time administering Metro. The City of Kenncw:ck shall be re mbursed by Metro for one- fourth of the adm:n:smator' s salary and benefits. The administrator may Be delegated such administrative duties as the Operations Board shall sec Ht. Selection and rerention of the administrator shall be done by the Kennewick Police Chief. if the majority of the Operations Board does not support selection cu retention of the administrator. the City of Ken wick may either name a different administrator or choose m withdraw as the administering agency. One of the two in cstigators assigned from the City o£ Kennewick shall be a Sergeant. That Sergeant will perform supervisory duties in the Metro. The City of Kennewick shall be mburscd by Memo for the difference between the salary and benefits of a Sergeant and the salary of the other investigator assigned by the City of Kennewick to Metro. c. The offices of the Prosecuting Attorney for Benton and Franklin Counties may each assign lawyers £rnm their respective staffs for the purpose of handling cases generated by the Task Force and this assignment may be contingene upon funding. METRO INTERLOCAL AGRL^EMENT Page5of 12 Secretarial staff may be assigned or employed by one er more of the parties in the support of the i estigation and prosecution o£ cases arising as a result of Task Force operations and this may be contingent upon funding. d. The Executive Board, by majority, vote may, in the a nt that any party to this Agreement fails at any tirne during the term o£ this Agreement to provide er ruaintain the commitment of personnel to Metro as set forth above, impose the following penalties on the party in breach of this Agreement. ( 1 ) The forfeiture of all (100%) of the party's share of forfeiture fund (see section 8J equity ana assets; and (2) The iynrntsIiate payment upon determination of amount to the Metro Drug Forfeiture Fund of an arnuunt equal to any loss of federal and/or state grant funds for the operating year arising from o caused by the party's failure to provide or maintain their commitment o£ personnel to Metro. SECTION G — ADMINIS'TRATION a. The City of Kennewick shall be the applicant jurisdiction for Department of Commerce grants. It shall provide then ary documentation tore a grant funds and ensure that the provisions of the application are met. Kennewick shall rnaintrin budgetary control o£ grant funds and maintain records as required by applicable laws and regulations. Participating jurisdictions shall incur, una pay individually, those expenses accruing to activities er erapluyees of their jurisdictions. Paia v uchcrs far r mbursable expenses are to be transmitted to the Support Services Executive Director of the City of Kennewick mediately after payment. The City of Kennewick shall request funds for grant mbursemem on a atunthly basis and distribute grant proceeds accoraingly upon receipt of said funds.funs. The City of Kennewick shall set up and m r adiniste the LNCPF for the purposes of accounting For grant fund receipts and disbursements and to prevent the currarringling of grant funds ana drug forfeiture and other funds ccruv crecl pursuant m this Agreement with any other funds. The LNCPF shall be subject to the same audit and fiscal controls as the public treasury of the City of Kennewick. b. The City of Kennewick assurnes the respons:b:lities of the applicant jurisdiction on behalf of, and for the benefit of, all the jurisdictions that are parties to this Agreement. All the jurisdictions shall share, on a pro-rata basis as set forth in Section 7.b, any loss other than a loss c red by Section 10 of the Agreement suffered by any jurisdiction arising solely ana directly as the result of the City of Kennewick's role as the applicant jurisdiction. In the event that there is ny recapture of grant funds by the Department of Commerce pursuant to the provisions of the City of ICennewieR c ntract with it. the ju sdictions shall share responsibility en the pro-rata basis as set forth in SecNOn 7.6 of this Agreement. However, in the event that there is a recapture of grant funds originally disbursed due to an METRO IIVTERLOCAL AGREEMENT Page 6 oP 12 identifiable discretionary expenditure of any jurisdiction nr agency, thatjturisclictinn cr tt�.cncy shall bear the sole responsibility for payment and indemnify the City cf Kennewick for any loss of Funds it may suffer due to any such recapture. if any loss of funds, other than a loss c red by Section ] O of the Agre menC, is covered by a fidelity bond cy other insurance, c ng cone of the jurisdictions employees, that jursdiction shall be responsible for said loss to the extent of the coverage provided by said bond or insurance and any remaining loss shall be shared as set Forth above. c. The City of Kennewick shall administer the Metro Drug Forfeiture Fund, and it shall be subject to the same audit and fiscal controls as the public treasury of the City of Kennewick. d. The Executive Boats shall be responsible for the budge[ and all other administrative duties of the LNCPP and of Metro. The Executive Board may d¢lagare any or all cf these duties to the Operations Board. The Executive Board shall Be responsible for submitting both the LNCPF budget and the Metro Drug Foa-Feare Fund budget to the City Council of the City of Kennewick for approval as provided by law. The Executive Board shall elect a chairperson and v -cM1airpersoq m ¢t at least twice a year, and adopt such procedural rules to go ern its r meetings as it deems necessary. c. The Operations Board shall meet at least quarterly, adopts such procedural rules to govern its m etings as it deems n ary. and provide policy r ndations m the Executive Committee regarding the LNCPF, Metro "rug ForfeituracF nd,Metro, and related Task Fom¢ expenditures and operations, and may delegate any administrative duties delegated to it. f. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as uthorizing any party o oFFicial of said party m direct the Prosecuting Attotey or any Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in the performance of his or her duties. SECTION 7 — ACQUISt'PtON AND usE OF EQUIPMEN"I' a. In the event that any equipment is acquired with grant funds received From Depanment of Commerce, the parties agree to use the equipment only for specified program purposes during the life of the grant. A11 equipment purchased by Kennewick en behalf of Metro usinjg grant funds shall he owned by the applicant jurisdiction, the City o£ Kennewick. After the grant period ends, the parties agree to use the equipment only for controlled substance ¢nfomemen[ purposes and to dispose of said property as se[ forth in Section 7 unless federal and state requirements provide for a different disposition. b. Upon termination cf this Agreemenq all equipment c ntdbul¢d by the ju -sdictiens shall be rettu-ned to the c n[nbuting agency. All property and equipment purchased with rnurnes from the LNCPF or with momes from the Metro Drug Forfeiture Fund shall be distributed ME"1'RO IN'I'ERLOCAL AGREEMENT Page 7 of 12 se as not to violate Section 7.a above, and on a pro-rata basis as set forth below, and this property shall be used by the receicing party only for controlled substance enforcement purposes unless federal and state requirements provide fur a different disposition. The Operations Board shall see to it that a separate i ntory for property and equipment purchased from each fund shall be kept and, if money from the LNCPF is used to eimburse any other fund for any property and equipment purchased. the property or equipment shall be transferred to the LNCPF inmenteory. This i ntory shall go back to at least January, 1988, and continue for the duration of this Agreement. Upon termination of this Agreement, the items purchased with ra nies from the LNCPF fund or with rnernes from the Metro Drug Forfeiture Fund shall be distributed to each participating jurisdiction under a formula that divides the c -dative number of investigators assigned to Metro by each jurisdiction starring with the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005, and continuing through the most recently completed fiscal year by the cumulative total of investigators assigned to Metro by all participating jurisdictions during this s rre period. Jurisdictions shall only receive credit in the calculation For those investigators that rernain assigned to Metro for the entirety o£ a fiscal year. At such time that a jurisdiction removes all of the i esrigators that it had pre - sly assigned to Metro, it shall also forfeit its right to any future distribution of accumulated assets under this section and be re ed From the calculation. As of June 30, 2009, the result of the Formula outlined in this section was as follows: Fiscal Year Ended June 30 Aacncv 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total % City of Kennewick 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 10.00 28.57% City of Pasco 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 10.00 28.57% City of Richland 1 .00 1 .00 1 .00 1 .00 1 .00 5.00 14.29% City of West Richland" - - - - - - 0.0% Benton County 1 .00 1 .00 1 .00 1 .00 1 .00 5.00 14.29% Franklin County 1 .00 1 .00 1 .00 1 .00 1 .00 5.00 1429% Total Investigators 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 35.00 100.00% TMAcerual of credit for participation by West Richland per the formula described above shall begin July 1 , 2010 SECTION 8 - FUND ADMINISTRATION AND FORPGIwU a. All property, proceeds From property, and cash Forfeited pursuant to RCW 69.50.505 by Metro operations and all other contributions to the Metro Drug Forfeiture Fund shall be managed and disbursed as provided in this Section'. On or before July 1 , 2009, all such forfeited property, all proceeds in the Mctro Drug Forfeiture Fund and/or LNCPF fund and all accounting records related to such were transferred from the City of Pasco to the City cf KennewicK. METRO 1NTERLOCAL AGREEMENT Page 8 of 12 b. The City of Kennewick shall administer the Metro Drug Forfeiture Fund and shall make expenditures From the Fund only as appropriately directed. All interest attributed to hi�cstruent of monies in the Metro Drug Forfeiture Fund shall be deposited into the fund. This fund shall be established so that it may accept c uit ordered contribution cr other ntributions as well as funds disbursed by the federal govern mcnt cv other agencies invclvinlg the enforcement cf controlled substance laws. Disbursements from this Fund shall be for controlled substance enforcement purposes. c. To the extent that RCW 69.50.505 requires that the forfeiture Funds be deposited in the curtent expense fund of the jurisdiction in which the ferTelunre taxes place, that requirement shall be rnet by depositing said funds in the Metro Drug Forfeiture Fund. Forfeitures shall be in ordance with RCW 69.50.505 c other applicable law and al l Funds which may be retained by the local juristlicGOn as a result at said Forfeiture shall be deposited into the Metro Drug Forfeiture Fund. d_ All property torfeited pursuant to Metro operations shall be iruracclintely delivered to Metro for use in Metro operations, unless u of such property is declined by the Operations Board, : which case the jur:sdiction5e which the forfeiture took place may use the property in ccordance with RCW 69.50.505. The City of Kennewick shall see to it that a proper i v r p ntoy is Kept cf all the property seized, whether or not it has yet been forfeited. ana of its ale or other disposition. e. The Operators Board may authorize the transfer cf forfeited property of any law enforcement agency in this state upon application for the exclusive use of enforcing the provisions of Chapter 69.50.505 RCW as n w o or hereafter amended. f. Firearms consented as alt of Metro operations will be placed into Metro evidence and the disposal of the firearms will occur after adu o jdication f the case in court and at the direction cf the Operations Board g Upon termination, the Executive Director ev Support Services of the City of Kennewick, o his or her designee, u ng established governmental a nt:ng standards, shall determine r the balance of the LNCPF and the Metro Drug Forfeiture Fund a ailable for distribution as of the terminat ion date. All jurisdictions shall sham in the arnc,unt available £or distribution cai a pro-rata basis as set forth in ction 7.b. Any balances that become a ailable for distribution within the LNCPF and the Metro Drug Forfeiture Fund after the date of termination, including but not Iimited to, the act proceeds derived From any property that was -zed ev forfeited prior to the term ination date, shall be distributed in the s manner. Funds distributed may be used fur the expansion of controlled substance m enfercernent puryinses, anct may not supplant pre-existing funding services unless otherwise authorized by applicable law. METRO ]NTERLOCAL AGREEMENT Page 9 0{ 12 h. In order to ensure ccaupbance with this Agreement, the parties agree that all rerfei [ures made pursuant to RCW 69.50.505 by each party shall be disclosed to the Operations Board. The Operations Board shall r ach case to determine iF the action was a Metro operation. The decision of the Operations Board shall be binding upon all parties. Hnwever, Metro operations shall expressly not include drug arrests and £or£eitures which are cideatal to an related activity, e.g. , a utine traffic step, arrests and forfeitures from operations which were made after consultation with and agreentent of the Metro guper isur that Metro would not participate: and cases which are not considered a Metro case for prosecution purposes. SECTION 9 — 1112BITILAT[ON The parties agree that any dispute arising from this Agrccrncnt relating to the distribution of monies and of property or penalty pro sicris shall be submitted to an arbitrator for a binding decision pursuant to Chapter 7.04 RCW unless the parties agree to a other manner of arbitration. If the parties c not agree en an arbitratur(s), the court shall appoint an arbitrator from a list compiled a$ follows: a e t party shall submit a list of three persons not asseeiared with any cf the parties who have agreed to act as an arbitrator and each party may strilce up [o two names From the total list thereby compiled. The c urt shall select an arbitrator from arnung the narncs rernainino unless there be none, to which case the court arbitrator nut select an arbitrato not associated with any of the parties. SECTION 10 — L[ABILITY Each party shall be responsible for thew ngful o negligent actions of its employees while signed to the Metro Team as their respective liability shall appear under the laws cf the State of Washington and/or Fcderal Law and this Agreement is not intended to diminish cr expand such liability. - To that end, each party promises to hold harmless and release all the other participating parties fi-nun any loss, claim cr liability arising from o y nut of the negligent tortious actions o r actions of its employees, officers and officials. Such liability shall be apportioned aracrig the parties or other at-fault persons or entities in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to: a. Waive any defense arising ouc of RCW l'itle 51 . b. Limit the ability of a participant rn cxercise any right, defense, o medy which a party m r may have with respect to third parties ca- officcr(s) whose actin ur inactiurt give n e to loss, claim or liability, eluding, but nor limited bo, an assertion that the officer(&) was acting beyond the scope cf his or her employment. c. Cover or require indemniF Cation or payment cf any judgment against any individual or Agency for intentionally w ngFul c o nduct outside the scope of employment of any individual or for r judgent for punitive damages against any individual or Agency. METRO SNTERLOCAL AGT+FENtr='NT Page 10 of 12 Payment o£punitivc damage awards, fines or sanctions shall be the sole responsibility o£ the individual against whom said judgment is endered and/or his or her Agency employer, should that etrtployer elect to make said payment voluntarily. This Agreement does not require indemni5cation of any punitive damage awards or for any order imposing £mes or sanctions. ' SECTION 11 — AMENDMENT This Agreement may be amended from time-to-Time as deemed appropriate by the parties, provided that such amendment shall become effective only after it has been adoptod in writing by authorized representatives o£each ofthe parties. - SECTION 12 — INTEGRATION This Agreement and the application eentaht all the terms and conditions agreed upon by the Parties, except necessary operational agreements between the law en x-eemem agencies o£the efpective jurisdictions pursuant to Chapter 10.93 RCW. No other understandings, oral or otherwise, regarding the subject matter ofthis Agreement shall be deemed to exist or to bind any of the parties. This Agreement shall expressly supersede all prior Agreements among the jurisdictions regarding Metro creation, operation, a a atlministration. Dated this o£ f��k R� K 2010. - C[ Y EY CITY OF RIC AND STEVE C. YO G, Mayor FOX, NIT r A�tt/ester `, Attest- City Clerk DEBRA BAAHAM, Deputy City Clerk AppmVed As To Form: Approved As To Ferm: P� LISA BEATON, City Attorney THOMAS O. LEON, y Attorney CITY OF PA/S/C�/O///J C�IT/Y/ OF WEST R2/hC�H�L�AND J C LSON, Mayor DONNA NOSKI, Mayor METRO INTERi.00AL AGREEMENT Page 1 I of 12 Attest: Attest: D ARK, City er .TlJ RICH ON, City ClerK Approved As To Form- Approvegd as to Pot-m: LELAND B. KERB, City Attorney BAONSON BROWN, City Attorney BENTON COUNTY FRANKLIN COUNTY SAME..°.. $EfiV�1Z Chairman RICK MILLER, Chairman LEO M_ BOWMAN - ABSENT ifI LEO BOWMAN, Commissior�er ROBERT E. OCH, Commissioner Yl'�saX l-1"-Z J1�COtnxntss�oner BRAD PECK, Commissioner Attes/t:��) � ' Attest: CA�iII MCKENZIE ler a Board MA Y THERS, Clerk o£ [he Board Appro � edw �jA�s To Form: Approved As To Foam: A Ev2Ew M[LLEA STEVE LOWS Benton County Prosecutor Fratilclin County Prosecutor METRO INTERLOCAL AGRL- EMENT Page 12 of 12