Redmond City Council - Public Safety Committee - 1/19/21 Meeting

Officials and Guests in Attendance
All Committee members except Steve Fields as well as a few City employees. Committee members seemed engaged.
 
Accessing the Meeting and Materials
The meeting started on time at 4:30pm. I observed the entire meeting. The agenda was available ahead of the meeting and the meeting was easy to access.
 
Summary of Discussion
The agenda was followed. Attendance was taken. Land acknowledgement was made.

Interlocal Agreement (“ILA”) for District Court Services
ILA between King County and the City of Redmond was discussed.  This is an ILA for court services to be provided by King County.  The City has had an ILA with King County since 2006.  It expires at the end of 2021.  A new ILA is being proposed that is for 5 years with two  4 year extensions.  Twelve other city councils have ILAs with King County for court services. 
 
N. Rinkin from the City presented the ILA for questions and representatives from the police department and prosecutors office were available if needed for questions.


J. Forsythe wanted to know the options if the ILA was not approved.  Options are to set up their own court services or engage in an ILA with another city (although another city probably could not handle the workload).


J. Forsythe wanted to know why the budget data used in the report was from 2018 and could they get more recent data.


V. Kritzer wanted to know more about the community court and if King County was still funding this.


The ILA was put on the consent calendar for February 2.


ILA for Jail Services
An ILA between King County and the City of Redmond for Jail Services was discussed.  This is backup to SCORE, which provides most jail services for Redmond.  There is occasion when SCORE can't take a person due to a medical or psychiatric reason and that is what this ILA covers.


V. Kritzer wanted to confirm that SCORE is the primary source for Redmond jail services.


The ILA was put on the consent calendar for February 2.


Work Plan
J. Anderson asked V. Khan, the presiding officer, about the work plan for this year - when will it be done/presented?  V. Khan said it was in progress and would be put forward when completed without giving a date.


Property Crime
J. Forsythe asked the police at the meeting if they could comment on the perceived spike in car and mail prowls.  Captain Gately and Chief Lowe both spoke and said that house burglaries were down because more people were home this past year.  And yes they needed to take a closer look at car and mail problems.  They also felt that some public education was needed as many of the car thefts happened to cars that were left unlocked or had a window open.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:55.