Palouse council considers reinstating third police officer

Voters approval of a levy lid lift in Palouse has led to discussion by the city council about returning the third police officer to full-time.

The idea was brought up by Councilman Rick Wekenman, the chairman of the Police, Fire and Safety Committee, who talked about it at the Feb. 25 council meeting. It came up after Mayor Michael Echanove announced that the levy lid lift proposal from last November had actually passed, correcting the previous belief that it had failed.

The mix-up was due to a county elections office notification which had required a 50 percent majority instead of 60 percent...