Interlocal Agreement Between South Cle Elum and Kittitas County for LE Services

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5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 Kittitas County, through the Kittitas County Sheriff, shall handle the administrative processing of all tickets and citations issued in South Cle Elum. The Sheriff s Office shall provide South Cle Elum with a regular quarterly report of incidents responded to within South Cle Elum's boundaries. The Sheriff s Office shall provide call response services and criminal investigation services in the same manner and with the same equipment as customarily rendered by the Sheriff s Office within the rest of Kittitas County The Sheriff s Office will enforce the laws of the state of Washington within the boundaries of South Cle Elum. The Sheriff s Office will enforce violations of South Cle Elum municipal codes where those municipal codes are substantially identical to Kittitas County codes and/or the Revised Code of Washington. The Sheriff s Office may, but is not required to, respond to and/or enforce violations of South Cle Elum municipal codes that are substantially different from Kittitas County codes andlor the Revised Code of Washington. Collection and entry of records into the applicable databases shall be performed by the Sherifls Office in the same manner as it is in unincorporated Kittitas County. The Sheriff s Office will conduct and do all press releases pertaining to crime investigations and other enforcement activities conducted by the Sheriff s Office. South Cle Elum shall not issue any media releases regarding criminal investigations conducted pursuant to this Agreement without prior approval of the Sheriff or his or her designee. The Mayor or the Mayor's designee will be promptly notified, consistent with the other duties of the Sheriff, in the event of a significant criminal occurrence or other major event within South Cle Elum. Such notice may be delayed as necessary to protect public safety or the integrity of enforcement activities. 6. RESPONSIBILITIES OF SOUTH CLE ELUM 6.1 Starting January 1,2024 South Cle Elum shall pay to Kittitas County for each full month during which this Agreement is effective, the amount of $5,408.00. In subsequent years, the amount of the regular monthly payment shall be adjusted according to the provisions outlined in section 4.3 above. All payments shall be delivered to the Kittitas County Sheriff s Office in a manner prescribed by the Auditor not later than the 1Oth day of each month. South Cle Elum hereby confers municipal police authority on such Kittitas County Sheriff s deputies as might be engaged hereunder in enforcing the laws of the state of Washington and ordinances of the Town of South Cle Elum within South Cle Elum boundaries and for carryingout this Agreement. Page 4 of8 6.2