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<br /> <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br /> <br />RESOLUTION SPECIFYING THE CREATION AND COMPOSITION OF THE <br />ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR FUTURE PUBLIC DEFENSE OPTIONS <br /> <br />RESOLUTION No. 2022 - _______ <br /> <br />WHEREAS: RCW Chapter 10.101 addresses the need for implementation of the <br />constitutionally mandated provision of counsel for indigent persons facing <br />criminal prosecution; and <br />WHEREAS: KCC Chapter 2.09 addresses the delivery of such services in Kittitas County; and <br />WHEREAS: the applicable standards of the WSBA and the Rules of Professional <br />Responsibility are evolving; and <br />WHEREAS: the judges of the Superior and District Courts have made the Board of County <br />Commissioners aware of the need for changes in the local system for the selection <br />of and appointment of such counsel; and <br />WHEREAS: it is important to provide for a system that will meet these changed needs and <br />scrutiny from higher courts; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners <br />of Kittitas County does by this Resolution create an Account in the General Fund to be <br />called “Public Defenses Services”. <br />AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners of Kittitas <br />County does by this Resolution create an Advisory Committee to study the future of <br />public defense options in Kittitas County, which shall consist of representatives from the <br />following stakeholder groups: <br /> 1 (one) who will be a member of the Board of County Commissioners and selected from <br />among that body; a judge or their designee from the Superior Court and each of the District <br />Courts; a representative from the State Office of Public Defense to be chosen by that agency; the <br />Deputy Prosecutor assigned to advise the Courts; and 1 or more members who are independent <br />from the system and have unique subject matter expertise ( proposed at this time are the <br />Honorable James Hurson, retired Kittitas County Lower District Court Judge, and/or Mr. L. Dan <br />Fessler, retired Director of Yakima County’s Office of Assigned Counsel). <br />