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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />PUBLIC WORKS — BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />WORK SESSION DATE: <br />TOPIC: <br />ACTION REQUESTED <br />LEAD STAFF: Mark R. Cook <br />March 28`h, 2016 <br />Traffic Law Enforcement Diversion <br />Support Staff Developing an Annual <br />Contract Service Package with the Sheriff's <br />Office <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Support staff developing a package of support services for 2016. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Annually, the Sheriffs Office requests a diversion of Road Fund dollars <br />supporting traffic law enforcement duties. We recently received the 2015 <br />certification of road fund expenditures for traffic law enforcement from the <br />Auditor's Office. <br />DISCUSSION: <br />Reviewing the certification supplied by Sheriff Gene Dana, we note a number of <br />traffic related response totaling 2705 hours of service. The list of responses on <br />County Roads in 2015 includes 2602 traffic stops, 333 vehicle contacts, and 889 <br />total accidents. <br />In mid -2015, I contacted the Sheriffs Office for an initial discussion regarding <br />Public Works service requests. I requested uniform presence during our annual <br />chip seal operation and I was offered the Citizen's Patrol. We also request <br />investigative services regarding illegal dump sites where we have secured mail <br />and other data we believe useful in tracking down the folks responsible for the <br />illegal dumping. <br />Public Works believes our interests are better served by negotiating an annual <br />service package of support services from the Sheriff's Office. Rather than <br />responding to every request for speed study (residents tied of speeding), it would <br />be helpful to Public Works to station a uniformed deputy in those areas engaging <br />in enforcement ahead of deploying all of the resources associated with a speed <br />study. We also have numerous occasions where people speed through our <br />construction zones. We believe maintenance crew safety concerns warrant <br />increased traffic enforcement support from the Sheriff's Office. <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />PUBLIC WORKS BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />