The Pasco City Council took a couple of steps to help businesses and citizens deal with the COVID-19 issue on Monday.
During a special workshop session the council took the following actions:
"The Council ratified several emergency orders made by Mayor Saul Martinez on Friday, per the Pasco Municipal Code:
o Order 2020-001 provides for a variance in the City’s sign code to allow restaurant
First of all, you'd have to catch somebody in the act, get their picture or otherwise identify them. Then the process would begin. But we were surprised to hear the penalty can be that stiff. These signs were vandalized during the last election cycle in 2016 outside of Pasco.
After initially appearing to have reached an agreement with a local car dealer for naming rights of the TRAC (Trade Recreation Agriculture Convention) facility in Pasco, it remains in doubt.