The Chehalis City Council on July 14 approved an interlocal agreement with Lewis County for the Chehalis Treatment Court and accepted a grant from the state to support the therapeutic‑court program for the coming year.

The nut graf: The actions secure an intergovernmental arrangement to continue court-based treatment services and formalize acceptance of state grant funds that will fund the program for the next fiscal year, reducing the city’s net cost compared with a prior city budget placeholder.

City staff said the city secured a state grant through the courts’ grant program to fund most of the treatment‑court work; staff credited the court administrator and county partners for successful grant applications. The city previously had placed $50,000 in the budget as a placeholder for the program; staff reported the awarded grant is $42,376 (to be paid in two equal installments), reducing the city’s anticipated contribution to roughly $7,000 for the covered period, subject to the interlocal agreement terms.

Council passed two related resolutions: one authorizing the city manager to enter an interlocal agreement with Lewis County to provide treatment‑court services, and a second accepting the courts grant (the packet referenced the Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts CLJ therapeutic court program grant). Council members questioned an incorrect figure printed in the packet (a clerical typo that showed a much larger grant figure); staff clarified the correct grant total during discussion.

Ending: With the interlocal and grant acceptance approved, city and county staff will proceed under the agreement terms and manage grant funds per state requirements; council recorded no opposing votes.