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Anacortes pulls out of four‑city indigent defense interlocal to negotiate its own contract
Summary
Council approved an amendment removing Anacortes from a four‑city interlocal agreement for indigent defense services so the city can negotiate directly with a firm that expressed interest only in serving Anacortes.
The Anacortes City Council voted Monday to amend an interlocal agreement among Burlington, Mount Vernon, Sedro‑Woolley and Anacortes so that Anacortes can exclude itself from a joint procurement for indigent defense services and negotiate directly with a firm that indicated it would serve only Anacortes.
City staff said the four cities had issued a joint request for qualifications.…
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