Cargo container ordinance remains focus of city council meeting

The Ritzville City Council met for its regular meeting on Oct. 16, while earlier in the evening the council reviewed 110 Fund applications from organizations in the city.

Like the previous city council meeting on Oct. 2, a sizable portion of the meeting centered around the proposed ordinance that would ban permanently placed cargo containers in residential zoning districts. After noting suggestions made by councilmembers in the previous meeting on Oct. 2, Treasurer-Clerk Julie Flyckt and Police Chief David McCormick incorporated new civil infractions into the ordinance in hopes of helping the...