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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br />RESOLUflON NO. 2021- c 5e <br />A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE WRITE-OFF OF UNCOLLECTIBLE DEBTS TOTALING <br />$627,763.79 PAYABLE TO THE KITTITAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE <br />WHEREAS, the Kittitas County Jail is generally responsible for emergency or <br />necessary health care for inmates pursuant to RCW 70.48.130(2); and <br />WHEREAS, the collection of payment for such treatment from inmates is allowed <br />pursuant to RCW 70.48.130(5); and <br />WHEREAS, RCW 4.16.040(2) provides a six (6) year statute of limitation for actions <br />which are based upon accounts receivable resulting from the ordinary course of <br />business; and <br />WHEREAS, the Jail Superintendent has been working to address aspects of Jail <br />records and operations that were previously neglected; and <br />WHEREAS, as a consequence, substantial amounts of uncollectable debt have <br />been discovered; and <br />WHEREAS, the write-off of uncollectible accounts is fiscally responsible and <br />necessary to provide an accurate measure of Kittitas County's financial position; and <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE lT RESOLVED AND lT lS HEREBY ORDERED, by the <br />Board of County Commissioners of Kittitas County, Washington, that the uncollectible Jail <br />medical costs as listed on Exhibit A, attached hereto, are hereby determined to be <br />uncollectible and are written off from the accounts of Kittitas County. <br />A. Kittitas County Sheriff's Office uncollectible Jail medical costs from January 1,2002 <br />to December 31, 2014. <br />ADOPTED this rlfv\day of 2021 <br />BOARD OF COUNTY MMIS NERS <br />KITTITAS o NTY ON <br />c <br />ABSENT <br />L <br />RESOLUTION <br />Vice-Chair