NEWS BRIEFS: City seeks applicants for committee … and other items

PORT ANGELES — The city of Port Angeles is accepting applications to fill vacancies on the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC).

The LTAC is an advisory group that makes recommendations to the City Council on activities, facilities or projects to be funded by the lodging excise tax.

Members serve in a volunteer capacity for one-year terms and will be residents of Port Angeles or representatives of businesses within the city.

Meetings are held on an as-needed basis.

To view the City’s Municipal Code as it relates to the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee and its composition, visit, http://tinyurl.com/PDN-PA-Code.

To apply for a position, those interested may obtain an application through the City’s website at http://tinyurl.com/PDN-PA-Application or from the city manager’s office in City Hall.

For more information contact City Clerk Jennifer Veneklasen at 360-417-4634 or by email at jvenekla@cityofpa.us.

Real estate co. expands in Sequim

SEQUIM — The new office of Brody Broker Real Estate recently opened at 990 E. Washington St., Suite E-107, as a division of JACE Real Estate Co.,

Brody Broker has been the top selling individual Realtor in Sequim since 2006, according to a news release.

His team, including Realtors Mae Graves, Will Hammond, Melanie Swagerty, Debbie Swanson and Lisa Szumski sold more than $30 million in real estate in 2016.

Eileen Schmitz — president of JACE Real Estate Co. — coordinated with Broker and his team in opening the new Brody Broker Real Estate office where Schmitz oversees education and administration as a designated broker.

For more information, contact Brody Broker Real Estate at 360-477-9665 or www.brodybroker.com.

More information is also available from Port Angeles JACE Real Estate Company at 360-452-1210, Sequim branch at 360-681-7979 or visit www.jacerealestate.com.

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