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...