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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT
TOWNSEND APPROVING THE 1996-1997 INTERLOCAL DRUG TASK
FORCE AGREEMENT
The City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, resolves as follows:
WHEREAS, for the last several years, the City of Port Townsend has participated in, and
jointly funded, an Interlocal Drug Task Force, and has signed an Interlocal Drug Task Force
Agreement to effectuate that participation; and
WltEREAS, the Interlocal Drug Task Force provides a formal organization to centralize
supervision and enhance efforts of law enforcement agencies to combat controlled substance
trafficking; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Interlocal Drug Task Force Agreement, the City
of Port Townsend achieves significant benefits to the City in investigation and prosecution of
controlled substance offenders; and
WI-IEREAS, the City is required by the Interlocal Agreement to contribute $1,500 as an
annual contribution towards the operation of the task force, to be deposited in the WESTNET
Fund, and to jointly fund (with the assistance of 75 percent grant funding) a law enforcement
officer with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, to participate in the prevention and control
of substance abuse trafficking; and
WI:IEREAS, the Port Townsend City Council views the ongoing mission of the Drug Task
Force to be vital to the best interests of the Port Townsend community, and has appropriated all
necessary revenues to fund the Interlocal Drug Task Force Agreement in the City's 1996 Budget,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council for the City of Port
Townsend that the Council approves and authorizes the Mayor to sign the Interlocal Drug Task
Force Agreement for July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997, in substantially the form attached to
this Resolution.
on this
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend and signed by the Mayor
~'~'~ day of May, 1996.
Juli~tlcCulloch, Mayor
Attest: /
Vera Franz, Deputy ~k
s t orm: I
' l¢lcMahan, City Attorney
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