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Council delays action on joint regional letter to study criminal-justice and behavioral-health gaps
Summary
Spokane City Council voted to defer consideration of a proposed joint letter supporting a regional study of criminal-justice capacity and behavioral-health services to allow more outreach to municipal partners after some elected officials expressed concern that partner buy-in had weakened.
The Spokane City Council on Wednesday voted to defer for two weeks consideration of a proposed joint letter that would signal municipal support for a regional study of criminal-justice system gaps and behavioral-health capacity.
Maggie Yates, who presented the item, told the council the joint letter is a staff-drafted document intended to show municipal alignment in a privately shepherded regional effort to evaluate criminal-justice and behavioral-health needs. "This joint agreement is just us coming together trying to…
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