PORT TOWNSEND: Attorneys meet to discuss Carousel funds

Published 12:01 am Tuesday, April 3, 2001

Port Townsend City Attorney John Watts met with Peggy Ann Bierbaum, attorney for the Port Townsend Carousel Association, on Monday afternoon to discuss the association’s use of a $10,000 lodging tax grant.

March 31 was the deadline for the association to reimburse Port Townsend for the bed tax funds spent on a carousel.

City Manager David Timmons says the association broke state law by purchasing a second carousel, rather than building a pavilion for an existing carousel as set out in the grant agreement.

Watts said the matter could still be referred to Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney Juelie Dalzell for consideration of a charge of theft of public funds.