Langley City Council members discussed setting a $20/hour minimum wage for city employees, but deferred the issue to the city’s Finance and Personnel Commission.
Thomas Gill
A proposed moratorium on certain types of building within the city of Langley elicited strong feelings from city council members and citizens alike during a meeting Monday night.
After making the decision last month to roll back the meeting start time a half hour earlier to 5 p.m., the Langley City Council decided Monday night to revert back to meeting at 5:30 p.m., following outcry from some members of the public opposing the change.
The Langley City Council is rolling back the start of its meeting time from 5:30 to 5:00 PM on a proposal by Councilmember Harolynne Bobis.
In a story by Kira Erickson, the Langley City Council, at the request of the city finance director Monica Felici, has unanimously approved creating a new position of a full-time front desk person at city hall. As Felici proposed, a new full-time staff member will work the desk, complete public...
Langley City Council has voted to implement a new vaccination policy that requires all city employees to be either vaccinated or be tested weekly and wear a mask at all times. Councilmember Dominique Emerson put forth the idea saying “there is a need for the public to be safe when...
The Langley City Council is formalizing it’s previously established ad-hoc Dismantling Systemic Racism advisory group which was established last year to advise the city staff on how to dismantle systemic racism and to advance “equity.” In doing so, they are also determining who would be eligible to serve on this...
Langley City Councilmember Thomas Gill wrote a letter to the editor about the Island County Commissioners’ grant of $70,000 to the Low Income Housing Institute for “predevelopment costs” to convert a Freeland hotel into low-income housing. The letter was published in the South Whidbey Record on Wed., Nov. 3. They...