HomeMy WebLinkAbout2688 RESOLUTION NO. 2688
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSITION PROVIDING FOR THE
EXPANSION OF THE KITSAP COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AND
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ADULT CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY AND THE JUVENILE JUSTICE FACILITY
WHEREAS, the Kitsap County Law and Justice Advisory Council has reviewed the
existing conditions at the Kitsap County adult correctional facility; and
WHEREAS, the existing adult correctional facility has the capacity of 200 beds, but the
average dally population for 1998 is 256 inmates; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that more than 400 jail beds will be required per day by the
year 2010 to house the individuals incarcerated or waiting to be incarcerated in the criminal
justice system in Kitsap County; and
WHEREAS, a study commissioned by the Sheriff's Office has been conducted reviewing
options that the County may consider in order to handle the future increase in inmate population
for the Kitsap County Correctional Facility; and
WHEREAS, an additional $858,564 in personnel cost would be required to operate an
off-campus facility as compared with an on-site location to provide the existing level of service.
Over a thirty year period, by expanding the existing correctional facility rather than utilizing an
off-campus location, the County will realize an estimated savings of $25,759,620 in personnel
related costs; and
WHEREAS, after reviewing the construction costs, the operation and maintenance costs,
and the pros and cons of the different options, the study recommends that a new facility be
constructed on the Court House Campus as an expansion of the existing correctional facility; and
WHEREAS, proceeds generated by the sales and use tax will also be used to ensure that
the juvenile detention facility is opened and operated at full capacity; and
WHEREAS, it is projected that a one-tenth of one percent sales and use tax in Kitsap
County will generate $2,000,000 a year;
WHEREAS, a sales and use tax lessens the burden on property owners in the County by
transferring the costs associated with the measure to the County population as a whole, as well as
to the transient population purchasing goods within the County; and
WHEREAS, it is essential to the public welfare and safety of the residents of the County
to have correctional facilities that can accomodate the increasing needs of the law and justice
community;
NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Bremerton City Council as follows:
Section 1. The Bremerton City Council recognizes the need for an expansion of the
Kitsap County Correctional Facility; and
Section 2. The Bremerton City Council supports the proposition calling for a sales and
use tax to provide for the expansion of the Kitsap County jail and operation of the juvenile
detention facility; and
Section 3. The Bremerton City Council urges the citizens of Kitsap County to support
this necessary improvement in our community by voting for the proposition.
DATED this 13th day of January, 1999.
Council President