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Kirkland Authorizes IFIT Amendment to Add Seattle, Requires Staff Report on Resource Impacts

Kirkland City Council · January 7, 2026
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Summary

Council authorized an amendment to the King County IFIT interlocal agreement to add Seattle as a member and added a requirement that the city manager and police chief report back by Dec. 31, 2026 on IFIT activations and the resource impacts on Kirkland.

The Kirkland City Council voted on Jan. 6 to authorize the city manager to sign a second modification to the King County Independent Force Investigation Team (IFIT) interlocal agreement to add the City of Seattle as a member. The modification also clarifies activation procedures for statutorily required independent investigations.

Chief Mike St. Jean and Deputy Chief Phil Goguen briefed the council on Initiative 940 (the Law…

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