Ritzville City Council makes appointment to Planning Commission, receives bids for 1st Avenue Project

The Ritzville City Council met for its regularly scheduled meeting on March 5, where they vacated an alley and approved an appointment to the Planning Commission.

The council kicked off the meeting by addressing Ordinance 2129, which would vacate an alley at 310 E Elm Ave on the property of Block 33, Greene and Prouty’s First Addition to the City of Ritzville. The alley is located between Lots 1-8 and 9-16.

The ordinance states that the vacated alley shall be “conveyed, returned and belong to Kenneth and Joneel Russell,” who own both of the lots. The Russells plan on building one home on the p...