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Council
has lively
session
By Galen C. McBride
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The Washington Town Council meeting last Wednesday night was both lighthearted and brief. Except for Mayor Stew Willis’ report on the citizens’ steering committee, business involved issues that arose throughout the summer.
The mayor opened the meeting by commending several council and committee members for outstanding work on behalf of the town.
Councilmember Ray Gooch, chairman of the recently dissolved Ibwn’s Future Committee and Councilmember Charles Tbmpkins, chairman of the Wastewater Survey Committee were officially recognized.
Treasurer Louise Van Dort’s report cited nearly $200,000 in assets, with payments to the Washington Water Works showing substantial improvement. Arrears were $1,500 lower than average. The number of gallons of water lost and unaccounted for during the month was also remarkably low.
Van Dort requested and received approval from the council for $10,100 to be paid incrementally from retained earnings to Milton Herd for his work as town planner. Herd met with about 25 people, including 19 members of the steering committee, on Monday, Oct. 6, to kick off the first step in the planning process. Most discussion concerned the official stature of the committee, its formal appointment, its role, and its relationship to Herd and the public.
“Herd recommended that [the town] do without a steering committee for the time being, maybe forever,” Willis reported. With only two steering committee meetings and two public workshops planned, many participants believed that open workshops with everyone involved in the visioning process would be more productive.
The group decided that Herd should draft a
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