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Council extends interlocal agreement for emergency-management services with Snohomish County

City Council of Lake Stevens · April 15, 2026

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Summary

Council approved a two-year extension of the interlocal agreement with Snohomish County Emergency Management, preserving county planning, training, alerting and deployable resource support for roughly $59,000 per year (estimated, per-capita charge).

Lake Stevens will continue to receive emergency-management planning, training, alerting and deployable resources from Snohomish County after council authorized a one-term two-year extension of the interlocal agreement April 14.

Max, the city’s emergency-management liaison, told the council the county provides comprehensive services including technical planning assistance, exercises such as the Swift 27 earthquake exercise, a 24/7 duty officer, public alert and warning systems, and deployable vehicles and communications equipment. The current per-capita service charge is about $1.44 and amounted to roughly $59,000 for the city this year; the rate is adjusted annually by the Seattle–Bellevue–Everett CPI and population changes.

Council voted to authorize a one-term extension and to designate the mayor as the city’s ILA administrator and voting member on the county advisory board.

Next steps: staff will execute the extension and budget for the anticipated per-capita charge in the next fiscal cycle.