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Federal Way council interviews commission applicants, signals one-year reappointment for arts commissioner but defers formal votes
Summary
At a Dec. 2 special meeting, the Federal Way City Council interviewed applicants for several advisory bodies, discussed a one-year reappointment for an Arts Commission member, and proposed placements for Human Services and ethics board seats; formal appointments were deferred to the next regular meeting.
Federal Way — The City Council on Dec. 2 interviewed a slate of applicants for advisory commissions and signaled a conditional, one-year reappointment for a long-serving Arts Commission member while deferring any formal appointments to the council's next regular meeting.
Karen Vergato asked to be reappointed to the Arts Commission and outlined her years of service in local performing-arts groups, work on the Arts Explosion event and efforts to change the city's admissions tax. "I see great things for the future, and I would like to be reappointed," Vergato told the council. She said the Arts Explosion secured $15,000 in ARPA funding and credited staff for helping change the admissions-tax ordinance to exempt 501(c)(3) performing-arts groups.
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