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Kent Officials Report Grants, Regional Meetings and Legislative Bills of Concern

Kent City Council · February 4, 2026
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Summary

Mayor Dana Ralph reported on meetings in Washington, D.C., and a $10,000 workforce grant; council committees accepted a $500,000 EPA brownfields grant; the CAO warned the council about SB 6002 (flock cameras) and HB 2489 (homelessness enforcement) during a busy legislative cutoff week.

City leaders used their council reports Tuesday to outline recent grants, federal meetings and two state bills they say could affect Kent’s public-safety and homelessness response.

Mayor Dana Ralph described meetings at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C., where she and local mayors met with U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell to discuss flood…

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