Banks City Hall. Photo: Brenda Schaffer BANKS – The Banks City Council approved its 2020-21 work plan, which focuses on the local government’s approach to sustainable growth, and managing resources and community services. Every fiscal municipal year, which runs from July 1 – June 30, the city council and administrative[Read More…]

Banks City Hall. Photo: Brenda Schaffer BANKS – The Banks City Council, since the outbreak of Covid-19, held its second Zoom meeting Tuesday, May 12, and passed a business item to cement email and social media policy. For those not in the know, Zoom is a video conferencing program that[Read More…]

Elections forms filed by applicants to the city council. Banks Post file photo. BANKS – The window to submit an application to fill an empty Banks City Council seat has closed, and after a last minute series of submissions, there are five applicants seeking to fill the rest of resigned[Read More…]

City offices on Main Street. Photo: Brenda Schaffer BANKS – There are a handful of local organizations that have a large impact on the day-to-day lives of citizens who live within the bounds of the city of Banks. The City of Banks, Banks Fire District 13, and the Banks School[Read More…]

Mayor Pete Edison stands at the podium. Photo: Chas Hundley A full video of the address, filmed by MACC – TVCTV is below. BANKS – More than 50 audience members filled the Banks Fire District 13 headquarters on Tuesday, March 5 to hear from Banks mayor Pete Edison as he[Read More…]

Photo: Brenda Schaffer BANKS – The city of Banks has an empty seat on the council, and it must be filled by appointment, per the city charter. Who will be the next person to take the seat, held, until recently, by veteran public servant Teri Branstitre? Well, just about anyone[Read More…]

Banks City Hall. Photo: Brenda Schaffer BANKS – Banks City Councilor Teri Branstitre announced that her last council meeting would be in January 2019 due to a planned move to Hillsboro and the city currently is working out the details of the recruitment process for her replacement. Branstitre had previously[Read More…]