Newsbriefs

Farewell gathering planned for Morgans

The community is invited to a farewell coffee hour gathering for Reg and Linda Morgan, Sunday, Oct. 26, at 11 a.m. at St. Henry’s parish hall in Grand Coulee. The Morgans will soon be moving to the Tacoma area.

Raise granted

Electric City workers are getting a raise in 2015.

The city council voted last Tuesday night to give workers a 1.9-percent increase in wage and salary.

The vote was unanimous.

Health district

supported

Grant County Health District will receive $2,000 from the city of Electric City. The health district asks each year for cities and towns in the county to give $2 per resident to help offset many of the services it provides. Electric City has given $2,000 in each of the last three years.

Shoreline master plan passed

The council at Electric City accepted by ordinance the Shoreline Master Plan. The plan now goes to the county where it will be coordinated with plans from other cities in Grant County. The city has been developing information for the plan for well over a year.

NPS wants

to increase fees

A public meeting will be held at Coulee Dam Town Hall Thursday night at 6 p.m. to take comments on The National Park Service’s proposed increases on camping and boating fees at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area to take effect next spring.

Current fees were established in 1995, and have not been revised in relation to inflation and are now lower than the average of the area around the park, the NPS says.

The boat launch fee would increase from $6 to $8 per week. The reduced boat launch annual permit would change from the varying fee structure of $30 from Jan. 1 through April 30, $40 from May 1 through Sept. 30, and $20 from Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, to a single yearly fee of $45.

The proposed camping fee for an individual campsite would increase from $10 per night to $18 per night. Group site use would increase from $53 per night to $55 per night for 1-25 people, from $78 per night to $80 per night for 26-50 people, and from $103 per night to $105 per night for 51-75 people.