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Lobbyist briefs council on 2025 Washington legislative session; public safety grants and housing funds available
Summary
Poulsbo's contract lobbyist summarized the 2025 legislative session: $100 million for local law enforcement grants, significant housing and homelessness investments, a 6-cent gas tax increase with a 2.5% local share, and $412,000 in capital funds for Poulsbo's Nordic cottages.
Poulsbo, Wash. — Brian McConaughey, the city's contract lobbyist in Olympia, briefed the council at the June 11 workshop about outcomes from the 2025 Washington state legislative session and described items of particular interest to Poulsbo.
Key takeaways from the session presentation
- Public safety grants: The operating budget included $100 million for a local law enforcement grant program (House Bill 2015) to support hiring of police and related public-safety personnel. The program requires a council-approved 0.1% sales-and-use tax option at the local level to be eligible; the scope of allowable uses was expanded during negotiations to include corrections officers, peer counselors and…
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