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Kent council authorizes agreement with Yakima County to house city inmates
Summary
The Kent City Council unanimously authorized the mayor to sign an agreement with the Yakima County Department of Corrections to house city inmates as needed, using existing funds and aiming to preserve local bed space for pretrial detainees.
The Kent City Council on Aug. 5 authorized the mayor to sign an agreement with the Yakima County Department of Corrections to house city inmates as needed, a move council members said will free local beds for pretrial detainees and use previously unspent funds.
Council members took the action during a Committee of the Whole meeting after a presentation from Commander Armstrong of the Kent Police Department explaining the staffing and funding rationale.
Commander Armstrong said the city had discovered funds that had not been spent from proceeds related to the Bellevue Regional Justice Center sale and that those funds can be used to pay for housing beds outside Kent. “It’s cheaper,” Armstrong said when asked why Yakima was…
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