Page 6 - Nancy Backus News Today

Three among 28 mayors across the state opposing House changes to Senate bill on drug possession laws

Author profile of Robert Whale at Kent Reporter

The Auburn City Council is forming a special committee whose sole purpose will be to study the issue of the Auburn mayor’s benefits and wage compensation that has vexed it since December 2022.

Fourth delay since agency in 2017 announced 2023 opening; voters approved funding in 2008

Continues to accrue high number of unlimited sick leave and vacation time toward eventual payout

Seven Auburn residents have asked the Auburn City Council to change policies that determine the Auburn mayor’s salary and compensation.

The idea seems simple enough — to take all the the provisions that relate to the Auburn mayor’s salary and compensation that are now scattered throughout the city code and bring them altogether into one section.

Auburn Democrat will represent 47th District in Olympia

Chris Stearns was a member of the Auburn City Council when Monday’s meeting began, and when it ended, he wasn’t.

Chris Stearns, elected this November to Washington’s 47th Legislative District, has chosen to step down from his position on the Auburn City Council.