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Yakima County commissioners consider restarting Criminal Justice Coordinating Council and seeking outside technical help
Summary
Commissioners discussed restarting a dormant local Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to improve system coordination, consider hiring a director, and ask the Law and Justice Committee to study technical-assistance options and possible 2026 budget funding.
Commissioner Alicia Curtis asked the Yakima County Board of Commissioners on April 14 to ask the county’s Law and Justice Committee to review restarting the county’s local Criminal Justice Coordinating Council and to consider bringing in outside technical assistance and a dedicated staff director.
Curtis said the county’s enabling state statute (recorded in the presentation as “RCW 07/1100”) gives counties authority to establish a local law-and-justice council and appoint representatives. "It remains about 82%, 83% of our budget goes to law, justice, and public safety," Curtis said, arguing that a coordinating council could help identify efficiencies and coordinate work across agencies.
The request followed a presentation by Tom Eberle of the Justice Management Institute (JMI), who described national standards and a technical-support…
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