New traffic policing agreement filed

Whitman County commissioners approved Monday, Aug. 20, a traffic policing agreement with the county Sheriff's department to cover the cost of a sheriff's deputy who performs commercial vehicle inspection and enforcement.

“This is basically tidying up paperwork from the '90s,” said Mark Storey, Public Works director, referring to a rule change in the Washington Administrative Code which required an updated filing for the agreement which goes back to before the county's last document on the matter in 1997.

The deal states that the county use road funds to pay for Deputy Sheriff Vince Waltz – now...