A proposal to begin flying the “rainbow” flag of the LGBTQ community on city property during the “Pride Month” of June was voted down at Wednesday’s meeting of the Westminster City Council. […]
Rainbow flag display is rejected
Council agenda policy reversed
By Jim Tortolano The policy change that helped spark an expensive and emotional recall campaign in Westminster last year was reversed at Wednesday’s meeting of the city council. On a 3-2 vote, […]
City Council will tackle “hows”
How do items get on the city council agenda? How do items on the consent calendar get “pulled” for separate action? How should councilmembers interact with city staff? Those issues – which […]
Big budget deficits are looming
A wave of red ink is projected to hit Westminster within two years, the city council was told at another long meeting Wednesday night. Eventually, the council approved – on a 5-0 […]
Five meetings and many issues
If you are the kind of citizen interested in viewing or attending local government meetings, this is your time. Three such events are scheduled for Tuesday night. Here’s a brief recap of […]
Lobby deal’s impact on agenda
The ripples from a controversial decision by the city manager to hire a former city council member as a lobbyist will be on display at Wednesday’s meeting of the Westminster City Council. […]
Lobbyist deal comes under fire
Tyler Diep left the Westminster City Council in 2018, but he was very much on the minds of city leaders Wednesday night and well into Thursday morning. His recent controversial selection […]
Looking at council agenda policy
A look at the process for having an item placed on the agenda of the Westminster City Council will go before that body when it meets on Wednesday. Councilmember Kimberly Ho […]
Hearing on service station is set
A public hearing at Wednesday’s meeting of the Westminster City Council will consider the appeal of an earlier approval by the city’s planning commission of the development of a new service station […]
Civic Center proposal is killed
Nearly four years after the deal to develop the Civic Center was launched, the proposed project finally died Wednesday night when a divided Westminster City Council voted to stop all work on […]
