Town Council
Last Update: 29 January 2012

The Council of the Town of Beaux Arts Village is its governing body and consists
of a Mayor and five Councilmembers, all of whom are residents of the Town elected at large by registered voters residing in the Town. The Mayor and
Councilmembers are volunteers who serve four-year terms and are eligible for
re-election without term limits.
Current members of the Town Council are
Mayor Richard Leider (term expires in 2013)
rleider@beauxarts-wa.gov
Councilmembers
Position No. 1 Mike Hillberg (expires in 2013)
mhillberg@beauxarts-wa.gov
Position No. 2 John Gillem (term expires in 2015) jgillem@beauxarts-wa.gov
Position No. 3 Tom Stowe (term expires in 2013)
tstowe@beauxarts-wa.gov
Position No. 4 Matt Leber (term expires in 2015) mleber@beauxarts-wa.gov
Position No. 5 Aaron Sharp (term expires in 2013) asharp@beauxarts-wa.gov
MEETINGS
Regular Council meetings are held at 7:00pm on the second Tuesday of each
month. Because Beaux Arts has no Town Hall, the Mayor and Councilmembers
take turns hosting the monthly Council meetings in their homes. A meeting agenda
listing the topics to be discussed and the meeting location is posted on
mailstands throughout the Village about one week in prior to the meeting.
Click here to view the
agenda for the next meeting of the Council. Any Villager may offer their home as a meeting location. (Click
here to see the current meeting schedule updated January 29, 2012.)
Special Council meetings may be held from time to time as needed.
Notices and agendas for special meetings are posted on mailstands at least 24
hours before the meeting. The location of each special meeting is listed
on the agenda for that meeting.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Town Council serves as the Town's legislative and administrative body.
As legislative body, the Council establishes the policies and goals of the Town
through the passage of ordinances and adoption of resolutions. As its
administrative body, the Council oversees the operation and
maintenance of the Town's streets, water department, and public rights-of-way,
plans and provides for emergency preparedness, and handles day-to-day issues.
The Council is also charged with authorizing the Town annual budget and its
monthly operating expenditures and acts as a quasi-judicial body when reviewing
requests for subdivisions, boundary-line adjustments, and lot consolidations.
The Mayor presides over all Council
meetings. Because meetings are held in Councilmembers homes, they tend to
be relatively informal, though the business of the Council is treated seriously
and the meetings are run according to Roberts Rules of Order.
Each fall, the Council prepares and adopts an annual operating budget showing
the anticipated revenues and expenditures for the coming year. To view a copy
of the current year's budget, click
here for the summary
and budget by fund pages.
(You
will need to install Adobe Acrobat reader to view these files.)
Government in Beaux Arts is truly grass roots. Villagers are encouraged
to attend all meetings and speak on issues of concern to them. Villagers
who cannot attend a meeting may submit written comments for the Council's
consideration by mailing them to the Town's mailing address (see General
Information), emailing Clerk-Treasurer Sue Ann Spens at townhall@beauxarts-wa.gov
or calling her at 425.454.8580 to make arrangements for transmitting their
comments by other means.
APPROVED MINUTES
Copies of approved minutes from recent Council meetings can be viewed by
choosing from the list below. Please keep in mind that the minutes listed
are only a summation of the proceedings of the meeting and are not a
verbatim transcript.
If you need a copy of minutes from an earlier date, please email the
Clerk-Treasurer at townhall@beauxarts-wa.gov
or phone 425.454.8580.