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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF KITTITAS STATE OF'WASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO.2023- A RESOLUTION TO SUBMIT A PROPOSITION TO THE VOTERS OF KITTITAS couNTY: AUTHORTZNG A TWO-TENTHS oF oNE PERCENT (0.2%) SALES AND USE TAX TO FUND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH KITTCOM'S EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND F'ACILITIES PURSUANT TO RCW 82.14.420 WHEREAS, Section 82.14.420 Revised Code of Washington (RCW) authorizes county legislative authorities to adopt a Resolution providing for the submission of a proposal to county voters for the imposition of a sales and use tax up to two-tenths of one percent (0.2n for financing, design, acquisition, construction, equipping, operating, maintaining, remodeling, repairing, re-equipping, and improvement of countywide emergency communication systems and facilities; and WIIEREAS, pursuant to RCW 38.52.510, Kittitas County must provide or participate in countywide emergency communications systems so that "9-l-l" service is available throughout the State; and WHEREAS, Kittitas Cormty is a party to an Interlocal Agreement titled "KITTCOM's Goveming Agreement" establishing KITTCOM, a separate public agency and consolidated public safety communications center created for the purpose of providing communication and dispatch services for public safety and emergencies in the participating incorporated and unincorporated areas of Kittitas County; and WHERAAS, a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ("CISA") review by the United States Department of Homeland Security has determined that the countywide emergency communication systems and facilities which KITTCOM maintains and which Kittitas County relies upon to meet its obligations under RCW 38.52.510, and which county rcsidents rely upon for public safety and emergency assistance, have significantly aged and been subjected to wear and tear; and WHEREAS, based in part on the CISA review, KITTCOM identified a need for major investment and continued funding for ongoing maintenance of communications and dispatch infrastructure, systems, and facilities;and WIfiREAS, therefore, the KITTCOM Administrative Board established aCitizenAdvisory Committee to review the need for and potentially recommend to the KITTCOM Board that it request the Board of County Commissioners submit a proposition to the voters for the adoption of the two-tenths of one percent (0.2%) sales and use tax authorized by RCW 82.14.420, to fund costs associated with the financing, design, acquisition, construction, equipping, operating, maintaining, remodeling, repairing, re-equipping, and improvement of emergency communication systems and facilities in Kittitas County;and