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EEVERETT i ` <br /> Project title: Authorize Mayor to sign Contract with Snohomish County Public Defender Association to <br /> provide indigent defense appeal services <br /> City Council Agenda Item Cover Sheet <br /> Council Bill# <br /> Consideration: Agreement for Indigent defense appeal services,contract#2019-011 <br /> Agenda dates requested: Project: <br /> October 30,2019 ;...........Partn.er,Sup.plier.._:...Snohomish.Co.unty.P.ubli.c.Defender.Association............._...._................. . <br /> Briefing Location: <br /> Proposed action <br /> Preceding action: <br /> Consent X :._ - <br /> Action Fund: Fund 003—indigent defense program <br /> Ordinance <br /> Public hearing Fiscal summary statement: <br /> Yes x..No The financial impact is unknown as the Court cannot predict how many cases will be <br /> Budget amendment: appealed. The contract provided has a "not to exceed" amount of$2,500.00 per appeal <br /> Yes x No case. <br /> Past use of RAU appeals attorneys: <br /> PowerPoint presentation: <br /> Yes x No Year Count <br /> 2016 8 <br /> Attachments: 2017 7 <br /> Contract 2018 7 <br /> Department(s)involved: <br /> Purchasing&Court If the City were to need RAU appeals attorneys eight times per year,the annual cost <br /> Contact person: under this contract would be$20,000. <br /> Theresa Bauccio-Teschlog <br /> Project summary statement: <br /> Phone number: <br /> (425)257-8901 Individuals charged with misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors in the City of Everett <br /> are prosecuted in Everett Municipal Court. The vast majority of defendants cannot <br /> Email: afford an attorney and qualify as"indigent" under state guidelines. The United States <br /> tbauccio@everettwa.gov Constitution provides that all defendants charged with a crime are entitled to legal <br /> representation. To meet the requirement,the City must provide indigent defendants <br /> with a lawyer at City expense. <br /> Appellate reviews require new city-provided legal counsel. This contract provides <br /> services for indigent defendants who appeal their verdicts from Everett Municipal to <br /> Initialed by: Superior Court. Rules for Appeal of decisions of courts of limited jurisdiction (RAU) <br /> appeals are appeals from a district or municipal court decision. <br /> oep.7), t head <br /> Recommendation (exact action requested of Council <br /> inis r ion <br /> Authorize Mayor to sign the contract with Snohomish County Public Defender <br /> Council President Association to provide indigent defense appeal services for three-consecutive <br /> two-year terms at a rate of$110.00 per hour, not to exceed $2500.00 per RAU <br /> case assigned. <br /> 5 <br />