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VII. Transportation <br />The County shall be responsible for the transportation of all prisoners outside the <br />courthouse, unless agreed upon otherwise by the parties in a specific instance. The City <br />and County agree to equally support the transportation of female City Prisoners for <br />female specific medical purposes where no female corrections officer is available, and <br />where the City has a female Officer available on Duty. <br />VIII. Compensation <br />The County agrees to accept and house City Prisoners for compensation per prisoner at <br />the rate of $66.50 for the year 2021 (no increase over the prior year). This rate includes <br />minimum, medium and maximum classification inmates. The parties agree that the <br />County will not charge the City a separate booking fee in addition to such rate. The date <br />of booking into, and the date of release from, the Kittitas County Jail of the City <br />Prisoners, no matter how little time of a twenty-four hour day it constitutes, shall count as <br />one day and shall be billed to the City as a day of custody in the County. In the event a <br />City Prisoner is being held on additional charges from one of the following local <br />jurisdictions, Kittitas County Sheriff's Office, Washington State Patrol, Ellensburg PD, <br />Cle Elum/Roslyn/South Cle Elum PD, Kittitas PD, Central Washington University PD, <br />the City's cost for those shared bed days shall be no greater than that of the other <br />jurisdictions. <br />IX. Billing and Billing Dispute Resolution Procedures <br />A. The County shall transmit billings to the Chief of Police of the City on the following <br />dates: April 15th, July 15th, October 15th, and January 15th. Within forty-five (45) <br />days after receipt, the City shall pay the full amount billed or withhold any portion <br />thereof related to disputed medical costs and provide the County written notice <br />specifying the amount withheld and the grounds for withholding such amount, <br />together with payment of the remainder of the amount billed. <br />B. Interest on unpaid balances not paid within 45 days of billing shall be computed at <br />1 % of the unpaid balance per month. <br />C. Withholding of any amount billed shall constitute a dispute to be resolved as follows: <br />i) The Sheriff, County Prosecuting Attorney, Police Chief and City Attorney <br />or their designees shall attempt to resolve the dispute by negotiation. <br />Negotiation meetings may be conducted once per quarter meeting in the <br />months of January, April, July, and October if requested. If negotiations are <br />unsuccessful, the dispute shall be referred to the City Mayor and the Chair <br />of the Board of County Commissioners for settlement. If not resolved by <br />them within thirty (30) days of referral, the City Mayor and Chair of the <br />Board of County Commissioners may by mutual written consent apply to <br />Interlocal Agreement for Housing of Inmates <br />Page 5 of 10 <br />