Cheney to Cheney transaction confuses council

City also begins review and discussion of its 2010 budget at Tuesday night's meeting

By BECKY THOMAS

Staff Reporter

When it came time to approve a financial guarantee by the city of Cheney to the city of Cheney, the response from City Council ranged from confusion to disgust to, finally, resignation.

A Cheney ordinance requires a financial guarantee from contractors who do work for the city. So when it came time to mitigate the Miller Pond wetland, a space owned by the city near the wastewater treatment plant, the easiest, cheapest solution was to use city equipment and staff to complete the w...