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Moscow council approves three-year MOU with Latah County after lengthy public discussion
Summary
The city approved a three-year memorandum of agreement with Latah County to use the county jail as a daytime holding facility for bookings and processing, with after-hours transports to Nez Perce County. Council voted 6–1 to approve; Councilmember Hailey voted no and Councilmember Drew recused earlier in unrelated item.
The Moscow City Council voted 6–1 on July 7 to approve a memorandum of agreement (MOU) with Latah County that allows the county to operate a reduced-capacity daytime holding facility for court-related bookings and to provide limited evening coverage during special-event weekends. Councilmembers approved the agreement after extended public and council discussion about operational and staffing consequences for the Moscow Police Department.
City staff described the MOU as an attempt to reduce immediate impacts after Latah County decided to transition its jail from a full residential facility to a temporary holding facility because of fire- and life-safety shortcomings identified in a recent inspection. Under the MOU, the county will operate the holding facility roughly from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and will expand staffing on specified special-event weekends (for example, home football game weekends) to operate from 6 p.m. until about 2 a.m. During county operating hours, Moscow officers may bring arrested persons to…
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