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Sumner council approves fiber franchise, parking-code updates and personnel changes in unanimous votes
Summary
On April 6, 2026, the Sumner City Council unanimously adopted a 10‑year franchise with EZ Fiber and approved ordinances updating personnel policies, exempting the police‑chief position from civil service, and revising the parking code; all recorded votes were 5–0.
Sumner City Council on April 6 approved several ordinances in unanimous roll‑call votes, including a 10‑year franchise allowing EZ Fiber to build fiber infrastructure, administrative updates to personnel policy, a civil‑service amendment exempting the police chief position, and revisions to the city’s parking code.
City Attorney Andrea Marquez described Ordinance 2956 as "a franchise agreement with EZ Fiber, a Houston‑based company planning to install fiber telecommunications throughout the city." She said the nonexclusive 10‑year agreement grants a license to use the public right of way, that each segment of the build will require separate…
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