home invasion You can help Lake Stevens Police find suspects in a home invasion at Ashley Pointe Senior Living. READ MORE ON Page 12 JANUARY 6, 2016 Edition 2 Issue 13 PO Box 349 Lake Stevens, WA 98258 LakeStevensLedger.com needed registry Does Washington state need an animal cruelty and abuser registry? I think so. Read more on page 10 WHAT IS SEWER? Check out Everybody Poops this week to find just exactly what is sewer? Read more Page 8 NEW OFFICER Lake Stevens Police Department has hired another new officer. Find out more about him. Read more on page 2 Lake Stevens High School’s Michael Soler wrestling against EastValley’sTrey Meyer at theTri-StateTournament at North Idaho College the weekend of December 18-19. Soler, at 170 pounds, is one of the four finalists from Lake Stevens High School. Photo by Alan Soler pam stevens curling wonder Lake Stevens’own Luc Violette is moving up the curling ladder quickly. Read more page 8 SEE wRESTLING ON page 2 The Lake Stevens High School wrestling team placed third at the Tri-State tourna- ment at North Idaho College on Dec. 18-19. The Vikings had six wrestlers place in the top eight to fin- ish first out of all teams from Washington, ahead of 4A ri- vals Central Valley and Moses Lake.  Four Lake Stevens wrestlers made the finals: Jake Douglas at 138 pounds, Trysten Pe- rales at 145 pounds, Malachi Lawrence at 160 pounds, and Michael Soler at 170 pounds. Jacob Bennett and Markus Johnson placed 4th and 8th, respectively, at 98 pounds. Douglas became Lake Ste- vens’s first individual Tri- State champion since Brandon Johnson in 2012 with a one- point win over Tyler Wolf from Post Falls, a returning Tri-State champion and two-time state champion. Douglas gave up a reversal in the second round but quick- Lake Stevens Wrestling takes third at Tri-State tournament Rory Douglas HOME • RV • MARINE Any Size - Any Shape! Mattresses • Upholstery Work • Cut-to-Size Foam SAVE on Highest Quality! Cut-to-Size Foam www.slumberease.com BBB RatedA+ Open Directly to the Public Showroom at 4th & Cedar in Marysville Factory at 1327 8th Street in Marysville 360-659-8458 • 360-659-3598 City of Lake Stevens starts new year with a new budget Parks, police, roads, staffing on top of the priority list The City of Lake Stevens is starting the year with a new budget, one that includes an 18 percent increase from last year’s budget. The city is start- ing out with just over $7.5 mil- lion from the end of 2015 and expenses for the 2016 budget are $10.65 million dollars, however, revenues are $9.7 million which is an increase over last year. It is important to note that two city council members, Sam Low and Marcus Tageant, both members of the Budget Sub- Committee, voted to not ac- cept the budget. Councilmem- ber Todd Welch was absent for that meeting The other four councilmembers voted yes. With two new councilmem- bers in 2016, that means that five of the seven councilmembers did not vote for this budget. Five of the seven 2016 city council members, including myself, did not vote for the 2016 budget,” Councilmember Sam Low said. “With a project- ed 3 percent increase in reve- nue the previous council voted in a budget that has a projected 18 percent increase in expen- ditures. Former Mayor Little said in his budget report which is on the city website, that with the council additions it is not “fiscally responsible”. The citi- zens, I believe, will see a city more active in reaching out into the community. I believe our 2016 council will look for ways to trim some of the fat out of the budget to keep ex- penses more in line with rev- enues, yet, still serve our citi- zens better.” You can find the Proposed Budget and a letter from former Mayor Vern Little in the city’s website. The actual adopted budget had not been put on the website as of January 4, 2016. Several new staffing posi- tions are included in the new budget including a Sergeant, Lieutenant, Officer, Support Officer and Records Clerk for the police department and a Senior Planner, Associate Planner, Public Works crew, administrative assistant, Parks and Recreation Coordinator and some seasonal help within the city. “We added a police support officer that will be out work- ing with positive, helpful and proactive outreach into our community. The PSO officer will be able to once again cata- log and work at getting vicious and dangerous animals off the streets. Another position is a full time parks worker to take care of our parks,” Low said. Sidewalks and streets are also getting funds which in- clude the Highway 9 and High- way 204 interchange. “One of our largest and most important projects to take place in 2016 will be the High- way 9 and Highway 204 inter- change project. Although the project is federally funded and the Washington State Depart- ment of Transportation will be the lead, he City will be very active in the project,” it states in the proposed budget. Citizens will see more side- walks through a transfer of $500,000 to the sidewalk capi- tal project fund. The 2016 bud- get also includes an embank- ment restoration project on Callow Road. Phase one of the new Cavele- ro Park, a county owned park, with begin this year and the city has set aside $250,000 to help this phase of the park be completed. They will also be spending to restore other parks including lighting and new plants at Eagle Ridge Park, fixing the dock at North Cove Park and the swim beach at North Lakeshore and some plans to improve Lundeen Park as well. Alum treatments to the lake are also budgeted this year to ensure that the lake stays clean and safe for residents. The treatments help reduce the al- gae in the lake. Residents will see a slight in- crease in their property taxes because of home values rising. However, the tax rate is expect- ed to drop to $1.43 per $1,000 assessed value from $1.54. With the new budget, the city will have 74 full time employ- ees. This does not count the mayor or city council positions. , OCR Text: home invasion You can help Lake Stevens Police find suspects in a home invasion at Ashley Pointe Senior Living. READ MORE ON Page 12 JANUARY 6, 2016 Edition 2 Issue 13 PO Box 349 Lake Stevens, WA 98258 LakeStevensLedger.com needed registry Does Washington state need an animal cruelty and abuser registry? I think so. Read more on page 10 WHAT IS SEWER? Check out Everybody Poops this week to find just exactly what is sewer? Read more Page 8 NEW OFFICER Lake Stevens Police Department has hired another new officer. Find out more about him. Read more on page 2 Lake Stevens High School’s Michael Soler wrestling against EastValley’sTrey Meyer at theTri-StateTournament at North Idaho College the weekend of December 18-19. Soler, at 170 pounds, is one of the four finalists from Lake Stevens High School. Photo by Alan Soler pam stevens curling wonder Lake Stevens’own Luc Violette is moving up the curling ladder quickly. Read more page 8 SEE wRESTLING ON page 2 The Lake Stevens High School wrestling team placed third at the Tri-State tourna- ment at North Idaho College on Dec. 18-19. The Vikings had six wrestlers place in the top eight to fin- ish first out of all teams from Washington, ahead of 4A ri- vals Central Valley and Moses Lake.  Four Lake Stevens wrestlers made the finals: Jake Douglas at 138 pounds, Trysten Pe- rales at 145 pounds, Malachi Lawrence at 160 pounds, and Michael Soler at 170 pounds. Jacob Bennett and Markus Johnson placed 4th and 8th, respectively, at 98 pounds. Douglas became Lake Ste- vens’s first individual Tri- State champion since Brandon Johnson in 2012 with a one- point win over Tyler Wolf from Post Falls, a returning Tri-State champion and two-time state champion. Douglas gave up a reversal in the second round but quick- Lake Stevens Wrestling takes third at Tri-State tournament Rory Douglas HOME • RV • MARINE Any Size - Any Shape! Mattresses • Upholstery Work • Cut-to-Size Foam SAVE on Highest Quality! Cut-to-Size Foam www.slumberease.com BBB RatedA Open Directly to the Public Showroom at 4th & Cedar in Marysville Factory at 1327 8th Street in Marysville 360-659-8458 • 360-659-3598 City of Lake Stevens starts new year with a new budget Parks, police, roads, staffing on top of the priority list The City of Lake Stevens is starting the year with a new budget, one that includes an 18 percent increase from last year’s budget. The city is start- ing out with just over $7.5 mil- lion from the end of 2015 and expenses for the 2016 budget are $10.65 million dollars, however, revenues are $9.7 million which is an increase over last year. It is important to note that two city council members, Sam Low and Marcus Tageant, both members of the Budget Sub- Committee, voted to not ac- cept the budget. Councilmem- ber Todd Welch was absent for that meeting The other four councilmembers voted yes. With two new councilmem- bers in 2016, that means that five of the seven councilmembers did not vote for this budget. Five of the seven 2016 city council members, including myself, did not vote for the 2016 budget,” Councilmember Sam Low said. “With a project- ed 3 percent increase in reve- nue the previous council voted in a budget that has a projected 18 percent increase in expen- ditures. Former Mayor Little said in his budget report which is on the city website, that with the council additions it is not “fiscally responsible”. The citi- zens, I believe, will see a city more active in reaching out into the community. I believe our 2016 council will look for ways to trim some of the fat out of the budget to keep ex- penses more in line with rev- enues, yet, still serve our citi- zens better.” You can find the Proposed Budget and a letter from former Mayor Vern Little in the city’s website. The actual adopted budget had not been put on the website as of January 4, 2016. Several new staffing posi- tions are included in the new budget including a Sergeant, Lieutenant, Officer, Support Officer and Records Clerk for the police department and a Senior Planner, Associate Planner, Public Works crew, administrative assistant, Parks and Recreation Coordinator and some seasonal help within the city. “We added a police support officer that will be out work- ing with positive, helpful and proactive outreach into our community. The PSO officer will be able to once again cata- log and work at getting vicious and dangerous animals off the streets. Another position is a full time parks worker to take care of our parks,” Low said. Sidewalks and streets are also getting funds which in- clude the Highway 9 and High- way 204 interchange. “One of our largest and most important projects to take place in 2016 will be the High- way 9 and Highway 204 inter- change project. Although the project is federally funded and the Washington State Depart- ment of Transportation will be the lead, he City will be very active in the project,” it states in the proposed budget. Citizens will see more side- walks through a transfer of $500,000 to the sidewalk capi- tal project fund. The 2016 bud- get also includes an embank- ment restoration project on Callow Road. Phase one of the new Cavele- ro Park, a county owned park, with begin this year and the city has set aside $250,000 to help this phase of the park be completed. They will also be spending to restore other parks including lighting and new plants at Eagle Ridge Park, fixing the dock at North Cove Park and the swim beach at North Lakeshore and some plans to improve Lundeen Park as well. Alum treatments to the lake are also budgeted this year to ensure that the lake stays clean and safe for residents. The treatments help reduce the al- gae in the lake. Residents will see a slight in- crease in their property taxes because of home values rising. However, the tax rate is expect- ed to drop to $1.43 per $1,000 assessed value from $1.54. With the new budget, the city will have 74 full time employ- ees. This does not count the mayor or city council positions. , Lake Stevens Historical Society,Newspapers,Lake Stevens Ledger,2016,January 6, 2016.pdf,January 6, 2016.pdf Page 1, January 6, 2016.pdf Page 1