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Port Orchard staff seek council sign‑off on citywide AI policy after yearlong committee work
Summary
City staff briefed council on a year of AI policy work, recommending a resolution adopting an AI use and procurement policy that requires human review of AI outputs, product vetting, prompt logging where feasible, and staff training; resolution is slated to return to council for consideration next week.
City staff presented a proposed municipal artificial‑intelligence policy at the Port Orchard city council work study on March 17, recommending the council consider a formal resolution next week to adopt rules for AI procurement, use, transparency and oversight.
Shawn Dum, the city's IT manager, told the council that an interdepartmental AI committee formed after state guidance and first met in April of last year to educate staff, review case uses and draft policy language. "Our goal there was really about education," he said, describing a cross‑departmental committee that produced successive…
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