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<br /> <br />2 <br /> <br /> <br />. <br />attorneys, qualifications of attorneys, disposition of client complaints, cause for <br />termination of contract or removal of attorney, and nondiscrimination. <br />2. An indigent defense contract shall be approved by the City Council. Approval of <br />such a contract will be approval and adoption of the standards contained therein. An <br />indigent defense conflict attorney contract need not be approved by City Council if such <br />a contract contains provisions and standards substantially similar to public defense <br />contract(s) previously approved by the City Council. <br />B. Indigent defense services shall be provided to all clients in a professional, skilled <br />manner consistent with the orders of Washington Supreme Court, as such orders may be <br />hereafter amended. standards set forth by the Washington State Bar Association and <br />Standards for Indigent Defense Services (June 3, 2011), as such standards may be <br />hereafter amended. <br />C. Indigent defense services shall be provided in accordance with the Washington State <br />Rules of Professional Conduct, as such rules may be hereafter amended. <br />D. Indigent defense services shall be provided in accordance with the standards <br />established by the Washington State Bar Association, as such standards may be hereafter <br />amended, but only to the extent that such standards are stated specifically in the indigent <br />defense services contract between the City and the person providing the indigent defense <br />services. The decision of the honorable Robert S. Lasnik, Western District of Washington, <br />in Wilbur et al. v. Mt. Vernon et al., Case No. 2:11-cv-01100. <br />E. All providers of indigent defense services shall comply with all federal, state and local <br />nondiscrimination laws or ordinances in the provision of services to indigent defendants <br />as well as with respect to the hiring and employment practices of their employees. <br />F. City staff shall propose revisions to the above standards as needed to city council. <br />Section 2. The City Clerk and the codifiers of this Ordinance are authorized to make necessary <br />corrections to this Ordinance, including, but not limited to, the correction of scrivener’s/clerical errors, <br />references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection numbers, and any internal references. <br />Section 3. The City Council hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or <br />phrase of this ordinance be declared invalid for any reason, it is the intent of the City Council that it <br />would have passed all portions of this ordinance independent of the elimination of any such portion as <br />may be declared invalid. <br />Section 4. The enactment of this Ordinance shall not affect any case, proceeding, appeal, or other <br />matter currently pending in any court or in any way modify any right or liability, civil or criminal, which <br />may be in existence on the effective date of this Ordinance. <br />Section 5. It is expressly the purpose of this Ordinance to provide for and promote the health, safety, <br />and welfare of the general public and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular <br />class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this <br />Ordinance. Nothing contained in this Ordinance is intended nor shall be construed to create or form the <br />basis of any liability on the part of the City, or its officers, employees, or agents, for any injury or damage <br />resulting from any action or inaction on the part of the City related in any manner to the enforcement of <br />this Ordinance by its officers, employees, or agents. <br /> <br />