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Mountlake Terrace signals support for higher contribution to retain regional emergency‑management services amid federal grant uncertainty
Summary
City staff told the council that pending legal challenges and federal program changes threaten grants that fund regional emergency‑management services and presented three options; councilmembers indicated a preference to raise partner contributions roughly 30% to preserve services, a change that would cost Mountlake Terrace about $11,388.
City staff briefed the City Council on a proposed update to the interlocal agreement (ILA) with Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management (DEM) that covers regional emergency‑management planning, training and readiness services.
The City Manager said the current ILA runs through December 2026 and that DEM has relied heavily on three federal grants — the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG), the State Homeland Security Grant, and the Urban Area Security Initiative — to provide…
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