RES 89-07 DISSATISFACTION WITH SENTENCING RANGESRESOLUTION NO. 89- 07
A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE WINSLOW CITY COUNCIL' S
DISSATISFACTION WITH THE CIIRRENT St~qTENCING RANGES
PRESCRIBED BY THE WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE UNDER
THE PROVISIONS OF THE 1981 S~XFfENCING REEORM ACT.
WHERFAS, the City of Winslow has made a concerted and substantial
effort at combatring crime within its jurisdiction and the surrounding area,
including participation in the County/Metropolitan Drug Task Force, and
utilization of existing legal authority to establish and enforce local
ordinances; and
WHEREAS, Citizens of the cu~nity continue to be the victims of
non-violent crimes against property and narcotic offenses by repeat offenders
who under the current state sentencing ranges provided in the sentencing
guidelines established pursuant to Chapter 9-94A RCW (the Sentencing Reform
Act of 1981) are treated far too leniently and incarcerated for insufficient
lengths of time to provide the necessary deterrent and punishment to protect
the citizens of our c~m'~unities NGW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WINSLOW, WASHINGTON, DO RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The current state sentencing ranges for crimes against
property and narcotic crimes are inadequate and should require longer periods of
incarceration as well as a greater range of maximum sentencing to be utilized
by the state's trial judges.
Section 2. The Winslow City Council requests that the city and county
legislative bodies of this state collectively raise their voices and join
together to declare their dissatisfaction to the Washington State Legislature
with the current state sentencing guidelines and make known the detrimental
effects such guidelines are having upon the efforts of local c~m~nities to
combat crime throughout the State of Washington.
PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this 16th
day of March , 1989.
MiTEST/AUTHENTICATE: ALICE B. ~jN]RESEY, Mayor ~