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Lacey staff to finalize interlocal agreement to shift violations bureau filings to Thurston County District Court

5457204 · July 24, 2025
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City staff told the Lacey City Council on July 22 that they plan to finalize an interlocal amendment to transfer Violations Bureau filings (mostly traffic and parking citations) to Thurston County District Court, with an estimated starting annual cost of about $74,000.

Christie Wolf, the City of Lacey's Financial Services Manager, presented a proposed amendment to an interlocal agreement that would transfer Violations Bureau functions to Thurston County District Court.

Wolf said the current structure requires city utility-billing staff to manage violations, but the work is increasingly misaligned with utility billing's core customer-service functions. Under the proposed arrangement the county would process and adjudicate Lacey-originating violations, an…

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