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Property: Sale places both back on the tax roll
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(approximately $119,000 to-
Vacant parcel
on Galena
day due to inflation).
Income from the sales will
go into the city’s
general fund and
the
Warrenton
Marina
capital
improvement
fund.
The sale also al-
lows both prop-
erties to return to
the city’s property
tax rolls.
In other action,
city commission-
ers
• Adopted four goals for
2022: research and pursue
revenue growth/opportuni-
ties; improve efficiency by
meeting staffing needs; fin-
ish unfinished projects; and
improve emergency readi-
ness. Commissioners held a
goal-setting session Feb. 4.
• Approved an agreement
with developers of Trillium
House Apartments in Chel-
sea Gardens near Home De-
pot. Developers of the low-in-
February 25, 2022
a special fund that allows
them to build the first
project without putting in
all the infrastructure that
would benefit future de-
velopments in the planned
urban development.
• Approved plans by the
owners of Skipanon Ma-
Fire at 848 N.E. First Court.
rine and RV Supply to
come housing project agree sell their business, which is
to pay their fair share of the on city-owned land at the
costs of adding sidewalks, corner of Harbor Drive and
parks, trails, and other im- Heron Avenue. Dick and Jan
provements throughout the Kelly’s lease on the property
project area.
ends in December, which will
The share will be put into allow the city to increase the
monthly rent to market rate
-- about double what the city
receives now -- or to sell the
property as surplus, which
would be referred to voters
because of its value.
• Approved building permit
fee modifications that will put
the city in line with the state’s
Accela e-permit system. The
city joined the state system a
year ago.
“The new e-permitting sys-
tem offers an increased level
of convenience and adminis-
trative efficiency, including
the welcome introduction of
an online permit filing func-
tion to the services we pro-
vide as a department,” city
Building Official Van Wilfin-
ger told commissioners.
The rates won’t substantial-
ly change or increase, but a
more detailed accounting of,
for example, specific plumb-
ing fixtures or mechanical
appliances, will be added,
he said. Other items not ad-
dressed by the city’s prior
permit fee schedule have
been added as well.
A second vote will be re-
quired for the modifications
to go into effect on April 1.
• Approved the $53,875
purchase of a hydro-exca-
vation trailer that would be
used to dig for buried utili-
ties, clean out storm drains
and catch basins, excavate
for buried equipment, and
make post holes for signs and
fences.