Adrienne Fraley-Monillas

City budget, campaign finance reform hot topics for Council Tuesday night

Money — including a status report on the city’s biennial budget and a proposal to put a limit on mayor and city council campaign donations — was the main topic of conversation at Tuesday night’s Edmonds City Council meeting, In a brief presentation to the council, Mayor Gary Haakenson noted that the city is midway…

Diane Buckshnis appointed to fill vacant City Council seat

The Edmonds City Council Tuesday night appointed retired banker Diane Buckshnis to fill the position left vacant with the death of Councilmember Peggy Pritchard Olson last November. The speedy process took many in the room by surprise, coming on the second ballot when Adrienne Fraley-Monillas, Steve Bernheim, Dave Orvis and Michael Plunkett voted for Buckshnis,…

City Council scheduled to appoint new member Tuesday night

It could be a long night at the Edmonds City Council meeting Tuesday, when Council members decide who will fill the seat left vacant following the death of Peggy Pritchard Olson in November 2009. The first candidate to receive a four-vote majority wins. The last time there was a vacant council seat, in January 2009…

Steve Bernheim elected Council President

The Edmonds City Council added some pomp and circumstance to its first council meeting of the new year, swearing in three newly elected councilmembers, selecting a new council president, making committee assignments and approving a citizen to the city’s Planning Board. Each councilmember was able to chose a person to administer the oath of office….

Fraley-Monillas to take her place on City Council Tuesday

On Jan. 5, there will be a new face on the Edmonds City Council: Adrienne Fraley-Monillas. A resident of the Lake Ballinger neighborhood in southeast Edmonds for more than two decades, Fraley-Monillas is retiring from her job at Fircrest School, where she has served as an adult training program supervisor. My Edmonds News interviewed Fraley-Monillas…

Updated election results for City Council races, library

Here are the latest Edmonds City Council election results as of 5 p.m. Thursday with 121,834 votes out of the 371,915 ballots counted: CITY OF EDMONDS COUNCIL POS 1 Vote Count Percent Michael Plunkett 6,249 61.11% Priya Cloutier 3,946 38.59% Write-In 31 0.30% Total 10,226 100.00% CITY OF EDMONDS COUNCIL POS 2 Vote Count Percent…

Plunkett, Peterson, Fraley-Monillas leading in council races

Edmonds voters are returning two incumbents — real estate agent Michael Plunkett and cheese shop owner Strom Peterson — to the City Council, while newcomer Adrienne Fraley-Monillas is leading former councilmember Lora Petso for Council Position 3. With ballots from an estimated 56 percent of expected Edmonds voters counted last night, Plunkett had a substantial…

Remember to vote and mail your ballot!

If you haven’t yet made your choices for Edmonds City Council, now’s the time to mark your ballot and get it in the mail. Over the last few weeks, we’ve profiled all three City Council races. We are reposting each of those now, to assist those of you who have not yet made a decision….

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Fraley-Monillas, Petso face off for Council Position 3

Of the three Edmonds City Council races before voters this election, Position 3 does not include an incumbent — thanks to a tight primary election in which current Councilmember Ron Wambolt was ousted — by seven votes — in favor of former councilmember Lora Petso and top primary vote-getter Adrienne Fraley-Monillas. Despite that drama — or maybe because…