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CITY <br /> AGREEMENT FOR INDIGENT DEFENSE SERVICES <br /> (RALJ PUBLIC DEFENDER) <br /> This Agreement is dated this /d day of No 1km `Zf/. 1 ,2019,by <br /> and between the CITY OF EVERETT,a Washington municipal corporation (the"City") and <br /> Snohomish County Public Defender Association (the"RALJ Public Defender"). <br /> RECITALS <br /> The City has adopted standards for the provision of indigent defense services in EMC <br /> 2.108.230 et seq. <br /> AGREEMENT <br /> The parties agree as follows: <br /> 1. Scope of Services, Standards and Warranties. The RALJ Public Defender will <br /> provide indigent defense services in accordance with the standards adopted by the City in EMC <br /> 2.108.230 as the same exists or is hereafter amended(hereinafter"Standards"). The RALJ Public <br /> Defender individually warrants that the RALJ Public Defender,and every attorney and/or intern <br /> employed by the RALJ Public Defender to perform services under this Agreement has read and is <br /> fully familiar with the provisions of the Standards adopted by the City. Compliance with these <br /> Standards goes to the essence of this Agreement. <br /> 1.1 The RALJ Public Defender, and every attorney and/or intern performing <br /> services under this Agreement shall certify compliance with Supreme Court Rule and governing <br /> case load quarterly with the Everett Municipal Court on the form established for that purpose by <br /> court rule. A copy of each and every such certification shall be provided to the City <br /> contemporaneously with filing. The RALJ Public Defender and every attorney and/or intern <br /> warrants that he/she shall conform to the case load limitations not only with respect to services <br /> under this Agreement but also with respect to his/her practice as a whole,including other contracts <br /> for public defense and/or private practice. <br /> 1.2 RALJ Public Defender will maintain contemporaneous records on a daily <br /> basis documenting all work performed on a 1/10th of an hour basis on each assigned case. RAL3 <br /> Public Defender will maintain and provide to the City a quarterly report detailing: <br /> 1.2.1 the number of RALJ cases assigned during the period and the time <br /> spent on each case; <br /> 1.2.2 the number of cases in which a brief was filed; <br /> 1.2.3 the number of cases in which oral argument was heard; <br /> 1.2.4 the number and type of criminal cases handled outside of this <br /> Agreement (including cases assigned by another public entity);and <br /> 1 <br />