City budget of $4.7 million approved

Sewer service rates increased again

Last updated 12/24/2019 at 9:10am

Grand Coulee Mayor Paul Townsend swears in councilmembers Gary Carrierre and Alan Cain to their new four-year terms at the Dec. 17 council meeting. From left to right are Councilmembers Tamara Byers, Carrier, Mike Horne, Mayor Townsend, City Clerk Lorna Pearce, and Councilmembers Tom Poplawski, and Cain. Townsend was also sworn in for his second four-year term. - Jacob Wagner photo

The Grand Coulee City Council discussed the root of all evil at their Dec. 17 council meeting when they approved the city's 2020 budget of nearly $4.7 million.

The topic of money came up multiple times at the meeting in relation to sewer rates being raised $5, ambulance services being treated like a utility, city employee raises, and more.

Sewer

Sewer rates, having been raised $20 a month las...

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