Historic Preservation Commission finally views bylaws

The Cheney Historical Preservation Commission’s first meeting of 2014 featured a look at what might be considered a historical document – one most, if not all, of the members had never seen before.

The commission is beginning the year with a review and update of its “Rules and Procedures for Meetings.” The 50-page document is essentially the commission’s bylaws, established when it was first set up by ordinance in 1988.

The commission’s administrative secretary, Sue Beeman, said the procedures document didn’t even exist in electronic form until a few years ago when she was able to input it int...