Marysville Sound

City Hall · May 27, 2025

Marysville City Council slated to weigh 5-year Snohomish County IT services agreement

The May 27, 2025, council agenda carried a proposed five-year interlocal agreement for Snohomish County to provide IT services to Marysville, adding RAVE emergency alerting at projected savings of more than $10,000 a year. 1

What the records say

In materials published ahead of the May 27, 2025, meeting, the Marysville City Council's New Business agenda listed an item to consider a five-year interlocal agreement (ILA) with Snohomish County for information technology services. The agenda report states the city's current five-year IT services ILA expires July 1, 2025, and the proposal renews the same services while adding RAVE emergency response alerting. The annual cost is listed as $14,354.55, with the first 12-month cycle beginning July 1, 2025. 1

  • The recommended motion on the May 27, 2025, agenda was to authorize the Mayor to sign and execute the interlocal agreement with Snohomish County for IT services. 1
  • The proposal is a new five-year ILA covering the same services as the expiring agreement plus RAVE emergency response alerting, at an annual cost of $14,354.55, with the first 12-month cycle starting July 1, 2025. 1
  • The city attributes savings in excess of $10,000 a year — said to benefit both the city and its residents — and reduced staff overhead for emergency-preparedness operations to bundling RAVE through Snohomish County. 1
  • The attached county cost and insurance documents are referenced but their contents are not reproduced in the supplied record; the agenda report's summary provides the cost and term figures above. 1

Why it matters

The deal would move Marysville's standalone RAVE emergency-alert system under the county contract, which the city says will save more than $10,000 a year and cut staff overhead spent managing a separate environment — savings the agenda says residents share. Approval would extend the city's core network, internet, and GIS services for five years. Because the record is pre-meeting, whether the council acted on May 27 is not yet documented. 1

What changed / what's next

  • Renewal of the IT services interlocal agreement with Snohomish County for a new five-year term, adding RAVE emergency response alerting to the same core services, with the existing agreement expiring July 1, 2025. 1
  • Whether the council approved the authorization on May 27, 2025, and whether the agreement took effect July 1, 2025; the pre-meeting record does not establish the outcome. 1
  • The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome.