BREAKING: Special town council budget workshop meeting 5:30 p.m. Tuesday

On Wednesday, July 21, Mayor Ramon Hayes called for a special meeting of the La Conner Town Council for 5:30 p.m., July 27. The purpose is a council budget workshop (discussion). The meeting is in Maple Hall.

Town Administrator Scott Thomas sent the council and mayor a four page memorandum summarizing “Options for Use of Fiscal Recovery Funds.” He wrote: “La Conner has been allocated $264,911 (distributed half in 2021 and the other half in 2022) of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds authorized under the America Rescue Plan Act.”

Within four categories set by Congress, Thomas informed council the “Town will have flexibility to decide how best to use the funding to meet specific community needs.”

The areas are:

• Support urgent COVID-19 response efforts;

• Replace lost revenue for local governments to support vital public services and retain jobs;

• Support immediate economic stabilization;

• Address systemic public health and economic challenges.

Packets for the special and regular July 27 council meetings are at: townoflaconner.org/documentcenter. The meeting notice was posted at the La Conner Town Hall and sent to the Weekly News.

The regular council meeting will follow at 6 p.m.

Attending by telephone is an option: 206-451-6102. At prompt dial: 605-313-4100. Then, access code 791104.