Resolution 763RESOLUTION NO. 763
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 have 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
WHERE_ AS, All cities are not the same and urban cities have vastly different needs and resources than
lesser 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 Edmonds 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 nonsupplanting language from current law; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the City of Edmonds req
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