Planning and Community Development Committee - Regular Meeting

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

The Snohomish County Council Planning and Community Development Committee met on July 7, 2026, and moved two interlocal agreements to the General Legislative Session for consideration. The agreements involve fire investigation services for Snohomish County Fire Protection District No. 4 and mechanical services for fire vehicles for the City of Mukilteo.

About this meeting

Government Body
Planning and Community Development Committee
Meeting Type
Planning And Community Development Committee
Location
Snohomish County, WA
Meeting Date
July 7, 2026

Transcript

20 sections

0:01 – 0:22Speaker 2

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Snohomish County Council Planning and Community Development Committee. It is Tuesday, July 7th, and we're going to call the meeting to order. We'll take public comment, beginning with in person and then remotely. On Zoom, you can click the hand icon to raise your hand. If calling by phone, you can press star 9 to raise your hand and then press star 6 to unmute. Each speaker will have three minutes to speak, and please begin your comment with your name and your city of residence. Next is roll call.

0:23Speaker 5

Committee Chair Nehring.

0:25Speaker 5

Committee Vice Chair Peterson.

0:27Speaker 5

Committee Member Lowe. Here.

0:30Speaker 5

Committee member Dunn? Here. Committee member Mead? Chair, we have four members present.

0:35Speaker 2

Okay, thank you. Next up is public comments. Anybody in person who'd like to provide public comment? Seeing none, are there any hands raised online?

0:43Speaker 5

We have one hand raised. Just Zoom user.

0:47Speaker 2

All right, Zoom user, if you are able to unmute, you can go ahead and begin your public comment.

0:52Speaker 1

It's Jared. I'm here. Thank you, Lisa.

0:55Speaker 5

Okay, well, then we have five members present.

0:58Speaker 2

What was your city of residence? All right. No other hands raised.

1:03Speaker 5

No other hands raised.

1:04Speaker 2

Okay, then let's jump into it. We have two action items. First is motion 26-248.

1:09 – 1:59Speaker 3

Good morning, committee chair Nearing and council members. For the record, DeBell Council staff. Proposed motion 26-248 is for a new interlocal agreement between Snohomish County Fire District 4 and Snohomish County for fire investigation services. Snohomish County... Fire District No. 4 includes 60 square miles and 32,000 residents in areas of unincorporated Snohomish County and the City of Snohomish. The County Fire Marshal's Office often assists with fire investigation services to the district on a case-by-case basis when requested. The Fire Marshal's Office has updated their hourly rates for better cost recovery with a yearly increase for services until 2028, and this new agreement will supersede the previous ILA if approved by Council. The requested action is for council to move the motion to GLS on July 15th for consideration. This concludes my staff report. I'm available for any questions.

2:00 – 2:12Speaker 2

All right. Thank you, Deb. Any questions or comments from council? Any objection to the consent agenda? If not, then we'll move this to GLS on July 15th for consideration on the consent agenda. And next up is motion 26-261.

2:14 – 2:43Speaker 4

Good morning. For the record, Cynthia Foley, council staff. Snohomish County is seeking to enter into an interlocal agreement with the city of Meckleteo to provide fire mechanic services. The agreement is revenue generating and the city will not request services in excess of $400,000 over the term of the contract. The city and county may modify the agreement in writing by mutual consent. Motion 26-261 authorizes the executive to sign the ILA. The request is to move motion 26-261 to the GLS agenda for council consideration.

2:44 – 3:00Speaker 2

Okay, thank you, Cynthia. Any questions or comments from council? Any objection to the consent agenda? If not, then we will move motion 26-261 to GLS for July 15th for consideration on the consent agenda. And we have no discussion items. So that brings us to the conclusion of our meeting and we'll be adjourned for the day. Thank you.

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