Colfax, library work on pact

Colfax Mayor Todd Vanek reported Tuesday night that city and Whitman County Library officials are working up a new contract for the long-standing agreement which calls for the city to pay for part of the upkeep of the library’s headquarters building in Colfax. Vanek reported to the city council that neither the city nor the library can locate a copy of the original agreement. He said a search for the original contract turned up letters and other material, but not the original agreement.

Problems with the agreement surfaced at the Dec. 19 city council session because the annual fee had been inc...