Committee moves ResNet hearing and four public‑health and service contracts to consent agenda

The Snohomish County Council Health and Community Services Committee on Feb. 25 moved several public‑health and operations items to future agendas, including scheduling a public hearing on a state data‑sharing agreement and placing four separate motions on consent for fuller council consideration.

The most time‑sensitive item was Ordinance 25‑012, which authorizes the county executive to sign a data‑sharing agreement with the Washington State Department of Health to access ResNet data, the county staff said. Committee Chair Mead said, without objection, the committee would place the item on the administrative matters agenda for the March 12 council meeting to set a public hearing. The ResNet (respiratory virus hospitalization surveillance network) collects population‑based data on laboratory‑confirmed hospitalizations for COVID‑19, influenza and RSV among children and adults, Cynthia Foley, council staff, told the committee.

The committee also moved Motion 25‑091, an agreement with the Latino Educational Training Institute to fund community navigators who will disseminate public‑health information in culturally relevant formats, to the consent agenda for the council’s next meeting. During discussion Council Member Dunn asked whether the contract used CARES or other federal grant funds; Cynthia Foley replied, "CARPA. Sorry. They are grant dollars, so they're federal grant dollars," and said the health department had received the grant. Committee members agreed to place the motion on the consent agenda for the committee’s next meeting (described in the transcript as “tomorrow”).

Two county service contracts were also advanced. Amendment No. 2 to the county’s agreement with National Facility Contractors LLC increases the not‑to‑exceed amount by $30,000, bringing the contract total to $80,000, and extends the agreement through Jan. 31, 2028. The committee moved Motion 25‑092 to the March 12 consent agenda without questions.

Motion 25‑014 is an agreement between Snohomish County and the City of Marysville to implement naloxone distribution programs: the county will provide naloxone in exchange for data about opioid overdoses to help target distribution where demand is greatest. The committee moved that motion to the March 12 consent agenda without additional discussion.

Finally, Motion 25‑102 authorizes an interlocal agreement with the City of Mukilteo for emergency‑management planning, training and volunteer capacity building from the Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management. The city will be charged an annual fee for those services that will be adjusted to reflect inflation and Office of Financial Management population data. The committee moved the item to the March consent agenda.

No formal roll‑call votes on these items were recorded in the committee meeting; each motion was advanced to the consent or administrative agenda by general agreement or the chair’s call for no objection. Public comment opened at the start of the meeting but no members of the public spoke.

What happens next: the items moved to the consent agenda will appear on the full council’s upcoming consent calendars (Motion 25‑091 was placed for the committee’s next meeting as described on the record; Ordinance 25‑012 and the other motions were set for the council’s March 12 consent/administrative matters calendar).