Edmonds City Councilmember Lora Petso picked an appropriate setting for her campaign kick-off Thursday night– Hickman Park in Southwest Edmonds. The park is just a short distance from the home where Petso and her husband, Colin Southcoate-Want, run their actuarial consulting business. Many of the supporters who gathered for the event expressed their gratitude for…
A group of about 75 representatives of South Snohomish and North King County municipalities — including mayors, city councilmembers, city managers and fire chiefs — packed the third floor of Edmonds City Hall Monday night to learn more about what it takes to form a Regional Fire Protection Service Authority. The meeting in the Brackett…
By Harry Gatjens Refinance? Pay off bonds? Buy parks? A lot of information and misinformation is circulating right now about what the City Council is doing regarding some older, high-interest rate bonds. So what is really happening? The City has a number of bonds outstanding from 1998 and 2001. The original concept was take advantage…
By Harry Gatjens Councilmember DJ Wilson on Thursday night hosted his second meeting to address Edmonds’ future economic possibilities, with about 30 people attending, including Mayor Mike Cooper, Councilmember Lora Petso and the heads of several city departments. A link to my report on Wilson’s first meeting is here. Wilson started the meeting with a…
After a significant amount of discussion and a number of failed motions and amendments, the Edmonds City Council Tuesday night approved an ordinance that requires installation of residential fire sprinkler systems in new construction of one-family and two-family homes and townhouses that are 3,000 square feet or larger in size. The issue came before council…
Mayor Mike Cooper on Tuesday night presented to the Edmonds City Council what he described as “a delicately balanced” 2011 budget proposal that preserves programs and jobs, but he warned that the city still needs additional revenue to ensure it can continue to sustain popular programs and services. “If we are to continue our commitment…
The Edmonds City Council Tuesday night wasn’t able to pass the city’s proposed mid-year budget amendment — a source of recent controversy — but Council President Steve Bernheim said he will bring it back for reconsideration at next week’s meeting. Tuesday’s vote on the proposed budget adjustment, made mid-year to bring the beginning budget balances…
From installing overlays on a beat-up stretch of Dayton Street from Highway 104 to the railroad tracks, to re-aligning the intersection of Highway 99 at 228th and adding a new traffic signal, the Edmonds City Council Tuesday night unanimously approved a six-year Transportation Improvement Program that includes a range of street improvement projects in neighborhoods…
The Edmonds City Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday night to support efforts to pursue customers for the city’s 24 strands of fiber optic cable, which so far have been largely unused by anyone other than the city itself. A helpful background article on the fiber optic issue appears here, but the main points are…
The Edmonds City Council on Tuesday night decided by a 4-3 vote to place a proposal on the November general election ballot that would fund 37 separate city traffic safety, congestion and pedestrian improvements — using a $40-per-vehicle increase in licensing fees assessed to Edmonds residents. The proposal to place the measure on the ballot,…
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Current Snohomish County Councilmember Mike Cooper was appointed Mayor of Edmonds Tuesday night, and he said he will immediately resign from his County Council seat so that he can officially take the job. A former City of of Shoreline firefighter who also served two terms representing Edmonds in the state Legislature, Cooper said he is…
By Harry Gatjens Special to MyEdmondsNews.com Here’s the final installment of one citizen’s inside description of applying for a vacant Edmonds City Council seat. You can view Part One here and Part Two here. Part Three: The Decision The following Tuesday, one week after the interviews, the selection was made by the Council. Not having…
For a guy who’s had a hard time getting a majority of people to vote with him on just about any Edmonds City Council issue lately, D.J. Wilson is getting a lot of credit for being able to influence the upcoming Council vote to decide Edmonds’ next mayor. Rumors have been circulating that the only…
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…
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…
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…
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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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…
Conflicting numbers regarding costs, and concerns about a fast-moving process that citizens don’t understand, highlighted Tuesday night’s exploration by the Edmonds City Council regarding the pros and cons of entering into an agreement with Fire District 1 to provide fire services for the City of Edmonds. Citizens testifying about the project — including two current…
