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Wenatchee council adopts email and AI policies, signs off on water loan closeout and fixes tax-exemption paperwork
Summary
At its Sept. 11 meeting the Wenatchee City Council approved an email management policy and an artificial intelligence policy, authorized final loan closeout paperwork for a water-main replacement funded in part by the Washington State Department of Health, and approved a minor amendment to a multifamily tax-exemption agreement.
The Wenatchee City Council on Sept. 11 approved a package of administrative policies and closed out a water infrastructure loan while correcting a drafting error in a tax-exemption agreement.
The council unanimously passed Resolution No. 2025-32, adopting an updated email management policy intended to balance long-term records retention with more sustainable mailbox management. Elizabeth Rosser, the city’s information-technology director, told the council the city currently holds more than 12 million active emails and recommended tools such as folder-based expiration and defined post-separation retention snapshots to reduce volume while preserving records subject to public disclosure.
The council also approved Resolution No. 2025-33, adopting an initial policy for…
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