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Snohomish County Council OKs staff to sign letter supporting McCollum Park grant; March meetings canceled
Summary
At its Feb. 18 administrative session, Snohomish County Council staff sought and received verbal authorization to affix the council's signature to a draft letter of support for Philanthropy Northwest grant funding for the McCollum Park Food and Farming Center; council also announced March meetings would be canceled because of NAICCO.
Snohomish County Council staff on Feb. 18 said the council had granted verbal authorization to affix its signature to a draft letter of support for a Philanthropy Northwest grant application for the McCollum Park Food and Farming Center.
Chief of Staff Heidi Pizziza told the council she had emailed members a draft letter the previous week and asked for authorization "to affix your signature to the letter of support, which pending approval will be formatted on joint council executive letterhead." Members present indicated approval; no formal roll-call vote was recorded.
The request was presented during the council's administrative session. The clerk reported five council members present. Several members responded positively to Pizziza's request; one member, identified in the record as Council Member Dunn, said, "I'm good." Other affirmations were given but the meeting minutes did not record a formal motion, mover, seconder, or roll-call tally.
Pizziza also announced that council meetings in March would be canceled "due to NAICCO." The item was presented as an informational scheduling announcement; the transcript does not specify whether the cancellations cover all March meetings or which specific dates are affected.
Councils routinely provide letters of support to outside funders; Pizziza said the letter would be formatted on joint council executive letterhead if approved. The transcript did not specify the grant amount sought, the application deadline, or any conditions attached to the requested support.
Agenda item Motion 25-109 was noted for members to review; the administrative session record contains no debate or vote on that motion and the clerk confirmed there were no executive sessions. The meeting recessed until a 10 a.m. committee meeting.
Attendance and next steps: the clerk recorded five members present at roll call. The chief of staff's request to sign the Philanthropy Northwest letter of support was accepted verbally by members present; the council did not record a formal vote or a documented mover/second in the administrative-session transcript.
