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Agenda Bill Master Report
File Number: AB2019-308
File ID: AB2019-308 Version: 1 Status: Adopted
File Created: 05/16/2019 Entered by: LGallery@comhatcomma.us
Department: Prosecuting File Type: Ordinance
Attorney's Office
First Assigned to: Council
Agenda Date: 06/18/2019 Next Mtg. Date: Hearing Date:
Primary Contact Email: lgallery@co.whatcom.wa.us
TITLE FOR AGENDA ITEM:
Ordinance suspending Whatcom County Code 1.28 to update the correctional facilities operational
standards
SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:
Whatcom County Code Chapter 1.28 is temporarily suspended for up to twelve (12) months. The
Whatcom County Sheriff's Office Correctional Facility Operational Standards, as described in
Ordinance No. 2019-047, are temporarily adopted in its place.
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE FILE
Date: Acting Body: Action: Sent To:
06/04/2019 Council
06/18/2019 Council
SUBSTITUTE INTRODUCED Council
FOR PUBLIC HEARING
ADOPTED
Attachments: Ordinance, Notice of Hearing 6.18.19, Adopted Ordinance 2019-047
Final Action: 06/18/2019
Enactment Date: 06/18/2019
Enactment #: ORD 2019-047
Whatcom County Page 1 Printed on 612012019
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PROPOSED BY: SHERIFF'S OFFICE
INTRODUCTION DATE: JUNE 4, 2019
ORDINANCE NO. 2019-047
SUSPENDING WHATCOM COUNTY CODE 1.28 TO UPDATE THE CORRECTIONAL
FACILITIES OPERATIONAL STANDARDS
WHEREAS, in 1977, chapter 70.48 RCW, the City and County Jails Act, was initially
adopted; and
WHEREAS, in 1979, the Washington State Correctional Facilities Standards were
developed by the Corrections Standards Board and codified in Title 289 of the Washington
Administrative Code (WAC) as a guide to counties and cities to satisfy the mandates under
the Act; and
WHEREAS, in 1987, a new section, RCW 70.48.071, was added to chapter 70.48
RCW that specifically mandated that "units of local government that own or operate adult
correctional facilities shall, individually or collectively, adopt standards for the operation of
those facilities no later than January 1, 1988..."; and
WHEREAS, to comply with RCW 70.48.071, the Whatcom County Council adopted
the standards in Title 289 WAC by enacting Ordinance No. 87-85 in December 1987, later
codified as Whatcom County Code (WCC) 1.28 - Standards for Correctional Facilities; and
WHEREAS, in 2006, Title 289 WAC was decodified without replacement as it was
obsolete and the Corrections Standards Board ceased to exist; and
WHEREAS, the identical standards in Whatcom County Code (WCC) 1.28 are
likewise obsolete; and
WHEREAS, RCW 70.48.071 authorizes the County to establish operational standards
for its own correctional facilities in either its code, through the correctional facilities
department policies and standards, or a combination thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office correctional facility operational
standards are collectively established through various documents, including, but not limited
to, written general policies, corrections bureau operational policies and procedures, medical
policies and procedures, the Sheriff's Office Rules and Regulations Manual, and the Uniform
Building Code; and
WHEREAS, the Whatcom County Council deems it necessary to suspend WCC 1.28
for up to twelve (12) months to provide adequate time for the Law and Justice Committee
and the County Council to review the correctional facilities operational standards and
proposals.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that WCC
1.28 is hereby suspended in its entirety for up to twelve (12) months, and that the
Whatcom County Sheriff's Office correctional facility operational standards, as described
above, are hereby temporarily adopted in place of WCC 1.28.
BE IT FINALLY ORDAINED that the following notation shall be included in the
County Code in place of WCC 1.28:
Whatcom County Code Chapter 1.28 is temporarily suspended for up to twelve (12)
months, beginning July 8, 2019, The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office correctional facility
operation standards, as collectively established through various documents, including, but
not limited to, written general policies, corrections bureau operational policies and
procedures, medical policies and procedures, the Sheriff's Office Rules and Regulations
Manual, and the gnjifarrn,quilding Code, are temporarily adopted in its place.
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Civil Deputy Prosecutor
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Jack Lou s, Coun xecutive
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