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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2180 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. avgn A RESOLUTION approving a three year jail contract with Franklin County, and in the alternative requesting mediation pursuant to Pasco Resolution No 2169, a joint Resolution with Franklin County WHEREAS, the City and the County have been unable to come to terms on an agreement for jail services despite negotiations, offers and counter-offers since the last negotiated agreement expired, and WHEREAS, the City's last counter-proposal to the County incorporated the contract terms and conditions recently agreed to between the City of Kennewick and Benton County, but contained a forty dollar per prisoner day rate instead of the forty-five dollar per prisoner day rate contained in the Kennewick/Benton County agreement due to the lower operating costs of the Franklin County Correctional Facility, and WHEREAS, the Franklin County Commissioners have responded by the insistence upon a forty-five dollar per prisoner day rate, which the City Council continues to believe is unjustified by the expenditure budget of Franklin County for the Franklin County Correctional Facility, and WHEREAS, the City Council, however, in recognition of the need for the City and the County to come to agreement and further recognizing the precarious financial condition of Franklin County has determined that in the best interest of it citizenry a final attempt at compromise be made on the daily prisoner rate issue, which appears to be the only issue still keeping the parties from agreement, and WHEREAS, an offer of forty-three dollars per prisoner day for 1995, forty-five dollars per prisoner day for 1996 and forty-seven dollars per prisoner day for 1997 will provide Franklin County with additional revenue and provide both the City and the County with greater certainty and budget planning over the next three years, now, therefore, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON DO RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: 1. That certain agreement for use of jail facilities, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference as if specifically set forth, is approved by the City Council and the Mayor is authorized to sign the same Jo Mayor Attest: Catherine D Seaman Deputy City Clerk ...r...__.- Greg A Rubstello City orney 2. The City Manager shall cause the agreement, in duplicate original, to be sent to the Franklin County Commissioners for their approval and signature 3 In the event the Franklin County Commissioners fail to approve the agreement, the Pasco City Council hereby declares pursuant to Pasco Resolution No 2169 and Franklin County Resolution No 95-309 an impasse in their negotiations for a successor agreement for use of jail facilities and initiates hereby, the third party mediation process set forth in said Resolutions 4. A copy of this Resolution shall be delivered by the Pasco City Manager to the Franklin County Commissioners for their consideration and action Passed by the City Council of the City of Pasco, at a regular meeting this 3 day of April, 1994 City of Pasco. Approved As To Form: Resolution Q 180 Page 2 of 2