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April 24 meeting of Renton City Council. Mayor Pavone sitting in back row fourth from left, and Council President O’Halloran sitting second from right.
Mayor Armondo Pavone is aiming for a May 15 presentation to the full Renton Council of a draft drug ordinance for Renton. The new Renton law will plug the hole left by the legislature when the legislature let the state drug law expire in less than two months from now, on July 1st. The Renton law will not affect marijuana, but will target highly addictive and dangerous drugs like fentanyl, meth, heroin, and stolen prescription drugs.
Details are not yet public. The City of Renton is bound by the State’s Open Public Meeting Act, and any private exchange of email between a majority of council members on a topic, even by accident, can constitute an illegal public meeting. To avoid this type of mistake, the details of the draft ordinance would typically not be shared with the majority of City Council until they are shared with the public– most likely on Thursday prior to the May 15 meeting, May 11 (note these dates are estimates and not firm at this time).
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