North Bend council authorizes mayor to sign police-services interlocal agreement with Snoqualmie, allows litigation if Snoqualmie declines

The North Bend City Council voted unanimously to authorize the mayor to execute a new interlocal agreement with Snoqualmie for police services and to initiate litigation or assert counterclaims if Snoqualmie fails to sign the agreement, the council said.

Councilmember Rustic, who moved the motion, said the draft is a counterproposal intended to meet the needs of both North Bend and Snoqualmie. “Well, after, obviously, a significant amount of discussion, we've come back with a counterproposal that I think meets the needs of both the North Bend and the city of Snoqualmie. And so we are in the interest of, public safety wanting to move forward with, agreement that gets us, gets us positive police services.”

The motion authorizes the mayor “to execute and administer a new interlocal agreement with Snoqualmie for police services in a form substantially similar to the red line version presented in the council meeting tonight,” and states that “should…