HomeMy WebLinkAbout95-056Resolution No. 95-,5't~
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT
TOWNSEND APPROVING THE 1995-1996 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
WHEREAS, 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
WHEREAS, 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
WHEREAS, 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 1995 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, in substantially the form attached Resolution.
A~P~ by the City Council of
on this ] ~' day of May, 1995.
of
and signed by the Mayor
·
J, M. Clise, Mayor
Michael Hildt, Acting City Clerk
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Approved~as to Form:
/i~ M~~an, Ci~'-Attorney