The Town Council Takes Action on Water and Ordinance
A legislative session addresses town growth, sidewalk obstructions, and the urgent need for a municipal water system.
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The town council met Tuesday night in regular session with all members present, H. A. Bier acting as clerk. Bills for various city expenses were allowed. An ordinance preventing obstruction of sidewalks and riding bicycles thereon was passed on third reading. An ordinance providing for a poll tax and collection of the same was passed on third reading. An ordinance regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors in the Town of Kennewick and fixing the district in which sale should be made was passed. The water question was discussed and a motion that a committee of three be appointed to hire a competent engineer to make exact estimates of cost, material, pressure, etc., of installing a water system was carried and Mayor Sheppard, O. L. Hanson and H. A. Bier compose the committee. This is the proper preliminary step to take in order to get sufficient facts to know where we are at. The intake pipe should by all means be laid during the low water period and that means that work must commence within a few months on the water system. Kennewick should not pass through another summer without having a generous supply of pure river water available for constant use by everybody.
“Kennewick should not pass through another summer without having a generous supply of pure river water available for constant use by everybody.”
Early Kennewick officials were grappling with the infrastructure demands of a rapidly expanding town, including the critical challenge of securing a reliable, pure municipal water supply from the Columbia River. Today, water rights and municipal utility infrastructure remain central, contentious issues in the growth and governance of the Tri-Cities.
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