Council to meet with a packed agenda

The Sisters City Council moved up its meeting time for the Thursday, December 9 city council meeting to 6:30 p.m. to cope with a packed agenda.

The council will hear an appeal of a planning commission decision to approve a site plan for a new McDonald's and considerable public testimony is expected.

While the McDonald's issue has the highest profile, the council will also discuss other significant matters, including a method for processing claims under Measure 37, which passed last November (see related story).

The council will also determine a method to break an election tie between councilors Dave Elliott and Brad Boyd from the November 2 election.

The tie is significant, because the "third place" vote getter serves a two-year term, while the top two vote getters serve four years.

Judy Trego won the largest number of votes with 422, while Elliott and Boyd each received 346 votes.

For a complete city council agenda see page 17.