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Auburn begins internal planning to stand up municipal court as residents raise due-process concerns
Summary
Council members and the mayor said internal “stand‑up” meetings have begun to prepare Auburn Municipal Court for a planned Jan. 1, 2027 transition from King County; a public commenter urged repeal of city code Chapter 5.22 and proposed a police-run community gun range.
Auburn officials said the city has begun internal “stand‑up” meetings to prepare for the transition to an Auburn Municipal Court ahead of the planned Jan. 1, 2027 transfer from King County.
The change matters because it will require the city to build court operations, technology and procedures now handled by King County; Mayor Nancy Backus said the first internal meeting to identify needed work took place in early June and that “many, many more of those meetings” are expected.
During the City Council’s…
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