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Council delays approval of county interlocal agreement after staff flags potential duplicate administrative charge
Summary
Council moved an intergovernmental maintenance agreement with Snohomish County from consent to discussion after staff raised questions about a 20% administrative charge that may duplicate other listed costs and could raise the city’s bill by roughly $9,000.
Lake Stevens city staff asked the City Council on Aug. 26, 2025, to hold an interlocal agreement with Snohomish County for maintenance of traffic control devices and streetlights for further review after staff identified potentially duplicative cost language. Shannon Front, environmental programs manager in Public Works, said the agreement covers routine annual maintenance and on-call work that the county would perform for the city, including labor, equipment, materials and administrative…
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