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• Council OKs letter in support of housing plan

  January 13, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V10 What might have been a simple discussion at Tuesday’s Spokane Valley City Council meeting on a letter supporting a low-income senior housing project quickly sidetracked into a debate on the … 2

• County proposes garbage summit

  January 7, 2011 in City on Page A5 Public officials are seeking a “fast-track” decision on who should control the Spokane Regional Solid Waste System. County commissioners Thursday accepted Spokane Mayor Mary Verner’s call for an agreement within … 3

• City council will consider emergency ordinance

  January 6, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The city of Spokane Valley will move ahead with discussions on an emergency ordinance to eliminate the City Center zone from the Sprague/Appleway Revitalization Plan. A 5-2 majority indicated Tuesday … 1

• Street utility proposal cut from legislative agenda

  January 1, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The list of items the city of Spokane Valley wants to support in the 2011 Washington Legislature is apparently a moving target, as three council members who previously voted to …

• Emergency ordinance Jan. 11 would bury vision of SARP

  January 1, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V2 With credit and apology to William Shakespeare…. Friends, neighbors, citizens of Spokane Valley: 1

• Five Lodging Tax Advisory fund recipients named

  December 18, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Some close split decisions marked the Spokane Valley City Council meeting Tuesday as council members took a stand on whether to retain longtime community volunteer Peggy Doering on a city … 1

• Mayor’s relative chosen for commission seat

  December 16, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Two candidates for empty planning commission seats, including the half-brother of Mayor Tom Towey, were approved by a majority of the Spokane Valley City Council Tuesday during a contentious meeting. … 2

• Spokane Valley Council looks at contracts

  December 9, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Spokane Valley City Council dealt quickly and efficiently with a lengthy agenda Tuesday night during the first council meeting since mid-November. Public works director Neil Kersten gave presentations to …

• Snow season plans in place

  November 20, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V4 Snow is coming. Spokane Valley snowplowing crews went to 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week alert on Friday. The snow information line has been activated and this week the City Council gave the nod …

• Council OKs new school zones, lower speed limits

  November 18, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Speed limits will be changing on several streets after a unanimous vote by the Spokane Valley City Council Tuesday. Parents requested lower school zone limits near North Pines Middle School …

• Spokane Valley council wants to broadcast meetings

  November 4, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V5 After nearly a year of discussion the Spokane Valley City Council took a decisive step forward Tuesday, agreeing to have staff prepare a motion authorizing the purchase of equipment so …

• Crowd sees Valley council take first step to kill couplet plan

  October 28, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 A standing-room-only crowd watched Tuesday night as the Spokane Valley City Council took the first major step toward killing the Sprague/Appleway Revitalization Plan. They came even though the result was … 1

• Spokane Valley council passes 2011 budget

  October 14, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Spokane Valley City Council unanimously passed its budget for 2011 Tuesday night, despite objections by Councilman Bill Gothmann to the cut in a cost of living adjustment raise to … 1

• Valley council’s bus tour stops at noted locations

  September 30, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V4 The Spokane Valley City Council took a three-hour tour last week, but instead of ending up on a tropical island they stopped by some city parks as well as other … 1

• Valley council freezes COLA for nonunion employees

  September 30, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Four Spokane Valley City Council members voted Tuesday to withhold a 2.5 percent cost of living increase in 2011 from the city’s nonunion employees despite the fact that the city … 2

• Spokane Valley City Council approves contract for city manager

  September 23, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Four thousand dollars and a retirement package stood between three Spokane Valley council members and their approval of City Manager Mike Jackson’s new contract. Council members Bob McCaslin, Brenda Grassel … 2

• Ordinance allows vehicle sales in mixed-use avenue zone

  September 16, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Elephant Boys business on East Sprague is now legal thanks to the passage of an ordinance Tuesday by the Spokane Valley City Council to allow vehicle sales in a …

• Panhandling ban paying off, Spokane Valley leaders say

  September 16, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Panhandlers have been a familiar sight at busy intersections in Spokane Valley for years. Now, however, tough new rules against panhandling seem to have encouraged them to move down the … 2

• Spokane Valley’s budget to see surplus in 2014

  September 9, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Some members of the Spokane Valley City Council started to pick apart acting City Manager Mike Jackson’s proposed 2011 budget Tuesday, but at least one was using outdated numbers to …

• Tax cut sends message, council members say

  September 2, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Several Spokane Valley City Council members have been making a big deal out of a proposal to lower the 2011 property tax rate by 1 percent. What has been left … 1

• Valley council passes change to nonconforming use rule

  August 26, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 In an effort to help one property owner, the Spokane Valley City Council made a change to nonconforming use rules Tuesday that will affect the entire city.

• Spokane Valley City Council discusses vehicle taxes

  August 19, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The merits of forming a regional Transportation Benefit District to raise revenue for road construction received nearly an hour of discussion at Tuesday’s Spokane Valley City Council meeting, but the …

• Spokane Valley names two candidates

  July 22, 2010 in City on Page A7 West Side resident Michael R. Wilson and current acting city manager Mike Jackson have been confirmed as finalists for the Spokane Valley city manager position. The City Council conducted interviews …

• Spokane Valley council meeting turns testy

    July 8, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 A quiet Spokane Valley City Council meeting Tuesday had a fiery ending when Councilman Dean Grafos read a prepared statement launching an attack on fellow Councilman Bill Gothmann. “Last week … 6

• Transcript: Dean Grafos’ July 6 comments

    July 8, 2010 in Washington Voices Spokane Valley City Councilman Dean Grafos’ comments directed at Bill Gothmann at the July 6, 2010, council meeting. 2

• Broadway Avenue Safety Project rescued

  July 1, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The people have spoken, and the Spokane Valley City Council listened. After weeks of debate and a late surge in public comments in favor of keeping the Broadway Avenue Safety …

• Spokane Valley road project saved

  June 30, 2010 in City, News, Region The people have spoken and the Spokane Valley City Council listened. After weeks of debate and a late surge in public comments in favor of keeping the Broadway Avenue Safety … 1

• Spokane Valley council still on the air

  June 10, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 A unanimous yes vote from the Spokane Valley City Council Tuesday will allow the rebroadcasting of council meetings on Comcast Channel 14 to continue until the end of July. The … 2

• Broadcasts on agenda

  June 5, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 After months of discussion, the Spokane Valley City Council finally inched toward making a decision on broadcasting council meetings. All the council members present, with Bill Gothmann and Bob McCaslin … 1

• Vocal Point: Positive Change doing just as was promised

  May 29, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V2 After reading many articles in the last few months relating to the Spokane Valley City Council, I felt it was necessary to clear the air!

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