The City Council meeting rolled out recognition for citizens by opening with a proclamation for AmeriCorps Week. Vancouver AmeriCorps volunteers work to improve education, public safety, health and the environment. The mayor also read a proclamation for breast reconstruction awareness or BRAVE Day. BRAVE stands for Breast Reconstruction Advocacy Victory ...
The City of Vancouver has tabled plans to offer Frito-Lay a three-year water bill credit worth $585,000 at its Vancouver plant. The decision represents a reversal from only two weeks ago, when city staff recommended that the Vancouver City Council grant a three-year extension to a $1.4 million contract the ...
Six weeks ago, the Vancouver City Council enacted an emergency six-month moratorium on new industrial development within a 16-block light industrial district downtown. Now the public will be able to weigh in on the decision during tonight’s City Council meeting, beginning at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The moratorium was ...
A friendly competition between City of Vancouver and Clark County employees has raised more than $54,000 for the United Way of the Columbia-Willamette (UWCW). City employees contributed $40,779, while county employees brought in $14,038. The UWCW is a Portland-based nonprofit organization that works to address education, income, and health issues ...
In a timely two-step decision, the Vancouver City Council approved a four-year collective bargaining agreement with the Vancouver firefighters’ union Tuesday night, then immediately elected to spend a two-year, $2.3 million federal SAFER grant to reopen and staff Fire Station #6, located at 3216 NE 112th. The labor agreement between ...
Vancouver’s City Council stepped into the batter’s box last night to hear its first formal presentation by Short Season LLC, a California company which hopes to move forward with plans to relocate the Yakima Bears minor league baseball team to Vancouver. The presentation was an overview of a proposal to ...
The Vancouver City Council continued a review of its Ethics and Conduct Policy Monday night, with City Attorney Ted Gathe and Policy Development Manager Jan Bader leading the council through proposed changes that picked up where a prior discussion in June left off – that council members charging another council member ...
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