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RESOLUTION NO. 2423
A RESOLUTION requesting additional Criminal
Justice Funding.
WHEREAS, the Washington State Legislature recognized the need
for additional funding support for local criminal justice agencies
when they enacted the City/County Criminal Justice Assistance Act;
and
WHEREAS, the cities and towns used the recently provided
criminal justice assistance funds to improve the criminal justice
system at the local level; and
WHEREAS, the criminal justice system continues to be adversely
impacted by crime, drugs, and gangs; and
WHEREAS, all cities are not the same and urban cities have
vastly different needs and resources than less populated cities and
towns yet the citizenry expectations may be the same; and
WHEREAS, many municipalities have exhausted their fiscal
capacities and do not have adequate resources to meet the
challenges of the increasing demand for criminal justice services;
and
WHEREAS, the provision of the additional criminal justice
assistance funds sunset in 1993;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Bremerton
requests that the Legislature continue the criminal justice
assistance funding, extending the authority for all counties to
impose a one-tenth of one percent increased sales tax for criminal
justice purposes, including domestic violence community advocates
who form a critical piece of an effective coordinated response to
this epidemic of violence in our cities, and urges the Legislature
to remove the non-supplanting language from current law; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Bremerton requests
that the legislature enact legislation that gives cities and towns
additional local option funding sources for local criminal justice
programs.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this 23rd
day of December , 1992.
LYNN HORTON, Council President
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY, City Clerk