Council examines budget, personnel policy amendment

RITZVILLE — The agenda for the Nov. 19 meeting of Ritzville City Council began with public hearing for the 2025 ad valorem Property Tax, Ordinance 2182. The discussion was short and the council voted to accept the measure after only 11 minutes, “Fixing the amount of taxes upon property,” as councilwoman Michelle Plumb expressed in her motion to pass.

The council, next moved into a public hearing for the 2025 preliminary budget which contains numerous points listed by Councilman Dennis Chamberlain, who was tapped as a fill-in chair, although Mayor Scott Yaeger participated remotely via Zoom. Co...