Council mulls proposed planner, budget

RITZVILLE — The City Council met Nov. 14 to look at its budget and what would be the most likely match for a new new development planner.

“Balance is huge,” Councilwoman Brooke Scheel said. “You’re either going to get somebody who’s maybe younger and has some work experience, fresh out of college, that’s willing to commute, or hybrid and really great on the computer, or maybe a working parent, or somebody that’s been out of the field for a minute but has a lot of experience and wants to ease back into a professional life, or somebody that’s in the environment and is really ambitious.”

The disc...