City Adopts 2021 Operating Budget

Final Council meeting of the year was conducted Tuesday night

by Dennis Rahm

In their final meeting of the 2020 calendar year, the Chelan City Council on Tuesday night unanimously passed ordinances to approve the 2021 operating budgets for the City and the Lake Chelan Airport.

Also approved was the 2021-2023 Collective Bargaining agreement between the City and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees covering union employees. The council also approved an economic package for non-represented city employees. Other actions included renewing a professional services contract with RH2 Engineering consultants, extending the agreement for City Attorney services with Davis Arnell Law Firm, and also approving a one year golf course concession agreement with the restaurant CJ’s on the Course.

The Council also received an update from Sgt.Chris Foreman of the Chelan County Sheriff’s Department who shared statistical information from the summer season in Chelan. Foreman noted that despite COVID restrictions, law enforcement dealt with increases in calls for service and law incidents over the previous year. Within the city limits there was an increase in DUI’s and marine incidents. Foreman told the Council that the 2020 boating season registered more collisions on the lake than ever before.

Statistics provided by Chelan County Sheriff’s Office 2019 / 2020 Memorial Day thru Labor Day Weekend

City of Chelan (CH) Zone
City of Chelan (CH) Zone
Calls for Service	2019 1065	2020 1170
Law Incidents	954	1116
Marine Calls for Service	83	111
Marine Incidents	66	86
DUI’S	17	23
2019 Stats ran from 5/24/2019 – 9/2/2019
2020 Stats ran from 5/22/2020 – 9/7/2020