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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-_____
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 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 2022 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 131 Drug Enforcement Reserve Fund.
C. $44,996 from fund 115 Trial Court Improvement Fund.
This ratification is limited to being conditioned upon future funding appropriations by the
Board.
ADOPTED this _____ day of April 2022.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY WASHINGTON
Laura Osiadacz, Chair
Cory Wright, Vice-Chair
Brett Wachsmith, Commissioner
ATTEST:
Julie A. Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Douglas R. Mitchell, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney