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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN <br />WALLA WALLA COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br />AND IOTTTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON, <br />FOR THE HOUSING OF INMATES <br />THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT is made and entered into on this _ day of <br />, 202_ by and between Kittitas County, Washington, a Washington <br />municipal corporation, hereinafter referred to as "Kittitas County", "The County" or "KCJ" <br />on behalf of Kittitas County Jail, and Walla Walla County, Washington, also a Washington <br />Municipal Corporation, hereinafter referred to as "Walla Walla County", each party having <br />been duly organized and now existing under the laws of the State of Washington. Both <br />entities may be referred to in this Agreement collectively as "Parties" or individually as <br />"Party" <br />WITNESSETH: <br />WHEREAS, Kittitas County owns and operates the Kittitas County Jail <br />(KCJ), located in Ellensburg, Washington; and <br />WHEREAS, Walla Walla County and the law enforcement agencies <br />within Walla Walla County employ law enforcement officers who arrest persons <br />for misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors, or felonies, which may result in jailing <br />of the person arrested; and <br />WHEREAS, Walla Walla County seeks to contract for jail facilities and <br />services from KCJ for confinement of Walla Walla County prisoners; and <br />WHEREAS, KCJ has expressed a willingness to provide jail facilities <br />and services to Walla Walla County; and <br />WHEREAS, the Interlocal Cooperation Act (Chapter 39.34 RCW) and <br />the "City and County Jails Act" (Chapter 70.48 RCW), authorizes contracts for <br />jail services made between two counties; and <br />WHEREAS , the governing bodies of each of the parties hereto have <br />determined to enter into this Interlocal Agreement (ILA) for the Housing of <br />Inmates by action taken at a regular meeting; and <br />NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above and foregoing <br />recitals, the payments to be made, the mutual promises and covenants herein <br />contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree <br />as follows: <br />Interlocal Agreement for the Housing of Inmates Walla Walla County and Kittitas <br />County <br />Page I of 13 <br />