This is the live streamed video of the Coupeville Town Council meeting of Tue., June 11, 2024.
Pat Powell
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Depending on who you ask, political machination or paranoia is at the heart of recent turmoil on a unique board of volunteers appointed by four government partners that are supposed to cooperatively manage Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve.
The Whidbey News-Times reports: Though the Tuesday council meeting did not involve a formal vote, the town of Coupeville plans to use real wood to pave the Front Street Boardwalk and to keep the parking spots on Main Street, building a sidewalk and wall next to the Haller House property.
After some waiting, the walkway improvements on Front Street and Main Street in Coupeville will finally happen.
Whidbey Camano Land Trust Executive Director Pat Powell retired last month after 20 years.
The Coupeville Town Council will likely approve a code change at an upcoming meeting that would increase the mayor’s ability to restrict the use of fireworks in dry weather.
Coupeville town council members debated how to keep town employees accessible to the public while affording them work-from-home opportunities.
In a story by Karina Andrew, the Coupeville Town Council voted to send a letter to the Island County Commissioners in support of the Commissioners proposal for a sales tax increase of one-tenth of 1%. According to a provided fact sheet, the tax revenues would be used to fund affordable...