Medical Lake approves police contract

There’s nothing like discussion of how Medical Lake will police itself in the future to make a City Council meeting lively.

At its June 19 meeting the council — short one member, Ted Olson who was away on vacation and still trying to fill a vacancy — voted 3-2 to approve a two-year extension of the deal with the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office to deliver police services.

Councilman John Paukuli, the chair of the Public Safety Committee, was one of the yes votes along with Tony Harbolt and AJ Burton that steered the measure over the objections fielded by Jessica Roberts and Laura Parsons.

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