SEQUIM — He saved the tantalizing part for last.
“We’re going to update the speed limit signs around the city,” to keep up with drivers’ real speeds, Public Works director James Bay told the Sequim City Council this week.
East Washington Street, Third and Fifth avenues and North Sequim Avenue have posted speed limits of 20, 25 and 35 mph.
Bay, for one, said he finds it difficult to obey those signs.
So he’s working with Police Chief Robert Spinks on traffic counts and speed surveys, and next month the pair will come back to the City Council with proposed speed limit changes.
Bay’s mention of speed in the city came at the end of a diverse council meeting.
New dump fee
The City Council approved a new fee for yard waste deposit at the city dump: $5 per car, $10 for pickups or single-axle trailers, $20 for a pickup-trailer combination, or $100 for any larger vehicle.
Fees must be paid in cash, and they will start by mid-September, said City Manager Bill Elliott.
The dump, at 169 W. Hemlock St., will close Aug. 31 for one week, and reopen Sept. 8 with the new fee schedule.
It will be open six hours a week, from noon to 3 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
The new policy will help the city defray its rising waste-disposal costs, Elliott noted.