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City to accept $30,000 SPAR grant for defense costs tied to simple possession cases, committee forwards to consent agenda
Summary
Staff said the state Office of Public Defense is offering $30,000 to help cities pay for public-defense costs arising from court decisions and legislative changes affecting simple possession cases; the committee forwarded acceptance of the SPAR grant to the Sept. 16 consent agenda.
Acting staff filling in for the city administrator presented a SPAR grant acceptance and agreement from the state Office of Public Defense to offset municipal costs of defending certain simple-possession controlled-substance charges that, following a Washington Supreme Court decision and legislative changes, created a new municipal funding obligation.
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