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Town Council
Last Update:  29 January 2012

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.