Information

Type: Deliberation

Department: COMM - 911

Directors' Update: Jan. 10, 2024

Business Meeting: Jan. 16, 2024

Summary:

Approve an Interlocal Agreement between Lewis County and public safety partner entities for the operation, maintenance and participation in Lewis County 911 Communications.

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Resolution

WHEREAS, Chapter 39.34 RCW, the Interlocal Cooperation Act, provides for interlocal cooperation between governmental agencies to make the most efficient use of their powers by enabling them to cooperate with other localities on a basis of mutual advantage; and

WHEREAS, Lewis County provides 911 and dispatching services to all public safety entities within the County under an Interlocal Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the parties, Lewis County and its partner agencies, have been operating under the the ILA since January 1, 2018, and terminated December 31, 2023, and have requested to extend that ILA to June 30, 2024; and

WHEREAS, this extension will ensure continued cooperation between all parties while efforts are being undertaken to draft a new agreement.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners of Lewis County hereby approves of the terms and conditions of the attached Interlocal Agreement and hereby authorizes the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners to sign the same on behalf of the County.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 16th day of January, 2024.