Cheney to apply for COPS grant

While not necessarily stated as such, money was the central theme of Tuesday night’s Cheney City Council meeting — both spending and acquisition.

The council unanimously approved, with council members Teresa Overhauser and Ryan Gaard absent, a Police Department request to apply for a $125,000, three-year grant under the federal COPS Program in order to hire police officer. The department has hired one officer with funds received from passage of a property tax levy lid lift in November 2015, and Police Chief John Hensley told the council they would seek the federal funding to supplement the hir...