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Mount Vernon council unanimously backs Resolution 10-86 supporting Proposition 1 levy lid lift
Summary
Council members voted unanimously to approve Resolution 10-86, endorsing Proposition 1, a proposed levy lid lift intended to add staff and funding for police, fire and parks; presenters described rising costs, staffing shortages and deferred park maintenance.
The Mount Vernon City Council unanimously approved Resolution 10-86 in support of Proposition 1, a proposed levy lid lift, after presentations from city public-safety and parks officials and a brief council discussion.
City officials told the council Proposition 1 would provide additional funding to hire staff for the Mount Vernon Police Department and Mount Vernon Fire Department and to address deferred maintenance and capital projects in city parks. A fire department representative said the levy would “help improve some of our response times, and we're gonna add staff, to the city for the fire department.”
The resolution matters because officials said rising costs and staffing shortages have strained public safety and parks services. The fire department representative told the council that since 2019 the Seattle–Tacoma–Bremerton consumer price index for…
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