The COLA that refreshes
As part of its year-end financial housekeeping, the Edmonds City Council granted 2.7 percent cost-of-living increases to its non-union employees.
That means adjusting upward by 2.7 percent the salary ranges and salaries of all eligible workers. The increase doesn’t apply to positions with salaries that exceed the ranges developed from the annual survey involving comparable cities in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties.
Here’s a sampling of salary ranges, including the highest and lowest ones on the city’s non-represented pay schedule:
• Police and fire chiefs: $104,655 – $130,819
• Administrative services and public works directors: $97,728 – $122,160
• Development services director: $94,751 – $118,439
• Economic development director: $68,746 – $85,932
• City clerk: $61,137 – $76,421
• Senior planner: $56,030 – $70,037
• Human resources assistant: $40,314 – $50,393
All business
Four public hearings and a discussion on procedures related to audience comments are on deck for the Dec. 6 city council meeting.
The public may weigh in on a proposed skateboard park at Civic Center Playfield, extensions of two zoning moratoriums and the final 2005 city budget amendment.
From here to eternity
Community Christian Fellowship is close to moving into its new headquarters behind the future Edmonds Center for the Arts, according to Pastor Brian Boone.
The longtime tenant of the complex being remodeled into a regional arts center is meeting on the King’s Schools campus in Shoreline. Its worship services will resume at the arts center next fall.
The new digs at Sixth Avenue and Glen Street formerly was the library of the Christian college that once occupied the property. It’ll house the church’s offices and ministries center.
Sounds good to me
A pool of 93 applicants for the job of executive director of the Edmonds Center for the Arts has been whittled to eight, reported Stephen Clifton, Edmonds’ community services director.
The organization’s board has interviewed the finalists, is evaluating their qualifications and wants to bring the new director on board as quickly as possible, Clifton said.
Salary range for the director, who will be responsible for overall management of the facility set to open in the fall of 2006, is $70,000 – $90,000.
Auto know better
Perteet Engineering Inc. has been selected by Edmonds to conduct a traffic-circulation and safety study for Highway 99.
The firm will collect information such as pedestrian volume, intersection traffic volume and vehicle speeds at certain intersections. Data will be analyzed for possible improvements, such as installation of traffic signals or building new roadway connections, that would help redevelopment of Highway 99 from 212th Street SW. to 240th Street SW.
The city is kicking in $37,500 for the consultant; Community Transit is adding $12,500.
Have an item for Around Town? Contact Sue Waldburger at 425-673-6525 or e-mail at edmonds@heraldnet.com.
Talk to us
> Give us your news tips.
> Send us a letter to the editor.
> More Herald contact information.