HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes-2017-009BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO. 2017-0 01
RESOLUTION SPECIFYING FUNDING FOR THE MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING (MOU) BETWEEN KITTITAS COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
AND MERIT RESOURCES
WHEREAS, the Kittitas County Superior Court has established a drug court; and
WHEREAS, the Kittitas County Superior Court has previously entered into an MOU
with ADDS; and
WHEREAS, "ADDS" has changed its name to Merit Resources for reasons not relevant
to this resolution; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Kittitas County Commissioners has funded the on-going Drug
Court program; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Kittitas County Commissioners finds that the Kittitas County
Superior Court Drug Court has provided and continues to provide a valuable service to the
community; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 2005-108 established Fund 115 (Trial Court Improvement
Fund); and
WHEREAS, the local judicial authority has stated its collective desire that a portion of
the Fund 115 be used to provide funding for the MOU with Merit Resources; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 2009-002 amended fund 131 Drug Enforcement Reserve Fund to
allow the funds therein to be used for the expenses of the local drug court; NOW, THEREFORE,
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that:
The Memorandum of Understanding between Kittitas County Superior Court and Merit
Resources is hereby ratified and shall be funded for the 2017 calendar year as follows:
A. $12,000 from the General Fund. These funds were previously authorized for the
Drug Court specifically to pay for urinalysis testing as part of the Drug Court
program.
B. $10,000 from fund l31 Drug Enforcement Reserve Fund.
C. $44,996 from fund 115 Trial Court Improvement Fund.
This ratification is limited to the being conditioned upon future funding
appropriations by the Board.
ADOPTED this r1P1 day of January, 2017.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Commissioner
Douglas R. Mitc eU Deputy Prosecuting Attorney