Infrastructure the focus at Ritzville City Council meeting

A fairly brief Ritzville City Council meeting on June 11 turned attention away from the ongoing process for the proposed memory care center and nuisance ordinance ‘show cause’ hearings, and toward infrastructure developments and potential future projects in the city.

The meeting kicked off with the council unanimously approving the payment of $333,413.97 to Wm. Winkler Company, the construction crew that was hired for the recently completed 1st Avenue Rehabilitation Project from Jackson Street to Clark Street. To date, the council has approved two payments to Wm. Winkler for a total of $407,70...