Council OKs Light Department increases

In a harbinger of things to come, the Cheney City Council unanimously approved two ordinances and a resolution updating Light Department service charges and fees and changing how those will take place in the future if needed.

The biggest change made through ordinances W-42 and W-43, adopted at the council’s Aug. 26 meeting, is removing specific service charges and fees under Cheney municipal code chapters 14.04 and 14.08 and inserting the language “established by resolution of the City Council.” Resolution E-248, also passed Aug. 26, then did just that — making 18 changes to 53 items ranging f...