SEQUIM — A discussion of City Council rules turned into a debate about what circumstances should cause the council to change a previously enacted decision.
Councilman Paul McHugh brought up the subject. He has bristled at two recent City Council meetings when previous decisions were revisited.
In mid-July the council agreed to change part of the planning for work being done under a revitalization grant, allowing a service station at Second Avenue and Washington Street to keep a driveway that had originally been penciled out.
The change also involved redesigning a pedestrian walkway at the intersection.
The second item cited by McHugh came when the council accepted a petition from residents living near Simdars Road who were protesting a proposed rest stop.
McHugh decried the council changing decisions after holding public hearings and meetings to accept input on a plan.
“That cuts people out of the process,” McHugh said. “It makes it less important for people to be involved during the public process.”
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