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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 />A. The County agrees to accept and house City Prisoners for compensation per prisoner <br />at the rate of $66.50 for the year 2021 (no increase over the prior year) except as <br />provided below. This rate includes minimum, medium and maximum classification <br />inmates. The parties agree that the County will not charge the City a separate booking <br />fee in addition to such rate. The date of booking into, and the date of release from, the <br />Kittitas County Jail of the City Prisoners, no matter how little time of a twenty-four <br />hour day it constitutes, shall count as one day and shall be billed to the City as a day of <br />custody in the County. In the event a City Prisoner is being held on additional charges <br />from one of the following local jurisdictions: Kittitas County Sheriff's Office, <br />Washington State Patrol, Cle Elum PD, South Cle Elum, Roslyn PD, Kittitas PD, <br />Central Washington University PD, the City's cost for those shared bed days shall be <br />no greater than that of the other jurisdictions. <br />B. The compensation set forth in subsection (A) above shall be adjusted for City Prisoners <br />participating in Community Corrections Options (inmate workers) subject to the <br />following: <br />1. City Prisoners who wish to be considered as potential inmate workers must do so in <br />the same manner as any other inmate. They must have been sentenced, apply for the <br />status and meet such physical and behavioral screening as the County by and through <br />those staff of the KCJ authorized by the Sheriff, and determined to be appropriate at <br />the sole discretion of the County. <br />2. A member of the Ellensburg Police Department who has successfully completed the <br />Kittitas County Jail inmate worker program can supervise one of the City inmate <br />workers while they are working for the Department. The City inmate worker will be <br />picked up, signed out, delivered and signed back in by a commissioned officer, full- <br />time or reserve, of the Ellensburg Police Department for City work, or authorized staff <br />of the Kittitas County Jail for County work. <br />3. If a City inmate worker escapes from custody while under Ellensburg Police <br />Department supervision, that Department will notify Kittcom first of the escape and <br />then notify the Kittitas County Jail. Ellensburg Police Department will do everything <br />in their power to gain custody of the escaped inmate worker. <br />4. Any City inmate workers who are injured while under supervision or care of the <br />Ellensburg Police Department are the City's responsibility. In such cases, the City will <br />be responsible for payment of medical expenses consistent with Section VI, Jail and <br />Medical Services. The City shall not be responsible for any medical or other directly <br />related costs that arise from injuries while such inmate workers are working under the <br />Interlocal Agreement for Housing of Inmates <br />Page 5 of 11 <br />