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Clerk asks for business-application packets; Cowdrey questions HB 2489, building sale and neighboring license revocation
Summary
Clerk-Treasurer Tina Davidson asked the council to include copies of new-business applications in council packets. Councilmember Steve Cowdrey asked whether HB 2489 affects the city's homelessness ordinance and whether the city should consider buying the old health district building; he also asked about the DeBella business license revocation in Clarkston.
Tina Davidson, the city's Clerk-Treasurer, asked councilmembers how they preferred to receive applications for new businesses located in Asotin; councilmembers requested that copies of those applications be placed in council packets for review. The request was recorded as part of the clerk's report and no formal motion beyond the packet preference was recorded in the minutes.
During council communications, Councilmember Steve Cowdrey raised three inquiries: whether House Bill 2489 affects Asotin's existing ordinance regarding homelessness; whether the city should consider purchasing the old health district building currently up for sale (Cowdrey suggested private ownership might be preferable, and the record contains a staff comment that a private owner would return the property to the tax rolls); and whether the council could inquire into the reasons behind the revocation of the DeBella business license in neighboring Clarkston. The minutes record the questions but show no immediate policy decisions or follow-up assignments in this excerpt.
