Palouse misses November levy deadline

PALOUSE—The City of Palouse will go without levies on the November ballot for arterial streets and the swimming pool, after a city hall oversight resulted in not filing by the Aug. 4 deadline.

Last year, the pool levy went for $34,000, with an arterial streets levy of $44,000. Each would have been reduced for 2021, because of the early closure of the pool this summer and the city council deciding in July not to accept a bid on its Palouse Cove sidewalk project – both of which meant money would not get spent this year.

The pool closed July 6 over coronavirus concerns.

For streets, Palouse’s 202...