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Mount Vernon joins North Star regional partnership, holds back most opioid settlement funds for regional planning
Summary
The City Council approved joining the North Star interlocal and adopted a resolution directing staff to reserve about 80% of opioid-settlement money pending regional collaboration, while clarifying the move creates no new legal entity or contracting authority.
Mount Vernon’s City Council voted Dec. 17 to join an interlocal partnership called the North Star Leadership Team and to temporarily hold back the bulk of the city’s opioid-settlement funds to pursue regional collaboration.
City attorney Kevin Rogerson told the council the agreement formalizes ongoing coordination among Anacortes, Burlington, Mount Vernon, Cedar Woolley and Skagit County on homelessness, mental-health services and opioid impacts. "It does not create a…
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