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Like some other, better known celebri-ties – think Bono and Cher – Hobbs

only needs one name.But the furry fellow will be better

known soon enough – at least among the less upstanding members of the com-munity – when he takes to the streets with his partner in the Edmonds Police Department.

Thanks to the efforts of the Edmonds Police Foundation, Hobbs is the newest member of the police department’s K9 unit.

The foundation turned over a check for $9,231 this week to purchase Hobbs, a

Coming off a record year in capital im-provement projects, Edmonds’ Public

Works Department is proposing a project list that would more than double the 2013 total.

That information was among the high-lights Tuesday as the administration presented to the City Council the second of a two-part discussion on its proposed 2014 budget.

The city will hold a public hearing next week, on Nov. 4, followed by possible bud-get adoption on Nov. 19.

Public Works Director Phil Williams said Tuesday that the city is on track to spend about $9.5 million in capital proj-ects by the end of 2013, a record.

However, he said if they were to follow through on council approved projects in 2014, costs would more than double to about $19.5 million, followed by another big year in 2015 with about $17.4 million in projects.

Because of the expected workload, his department’s budget request includes the addition of another engineer to help with design and planning.

Labeling the 2014 project list “robust,” Williams named about a dozen that

would be started and/or completed. Among them:

-about, $2.9 million;

million of a $5 million+ project;

improvements, $1.4 million;-

ment, $2.67 million;Hobbs and his new partner, Officer Jason

Robinson, are busy with intensive training over the next several weeks before going on regular

duty for the Edmonds Police Department.

Newest 1-name celebrity bolsters Edmonds PDBY PAUL ARCHIPLEY

PUBLISHER@YOURBEACON.NET

BY PAUL ARCHIPLEYPUBLISHER@YOURBEACON.NET

see HOBBS page 7 X

Public Works project costs would double under 2014 budget proposal

see BUDGET page 16 X

Retiring City Clerk turns life’s pageBY PAUL ARCHIPLEY

PUBLISHER@YOURBEACON.NET

see SANDY page 16 X

today.An actual job description, of course, would be somewhat more specific.

Appointed rather than elected, the City Clerk is charged with coordinat-ing agendas and meetings, working with the City Attorney in preparing ordinances and resolutions, oversee-ing changes and updates in the City Code, issuing business licenses and parking permits, handling all city con-

Iown job description, she said it might include something along the lines of “the glue that holds a lot of pieces together.”

The five mayors she worked with over the past 20 years would no doubt agree.

After two decades as the City Clerk of Edmonds, Chase is saying goodbye

A delegation from Edmonds’ Sister City, Hekinan, Japan,

brought the beauty and grace of Japanese culture to the Center for the Arts on Wednesday, part of a Cultural Fair sponsored by the Edmonds Sister City Commission. The 37-member delegation delighted the audience with dance and song. They will be out in force, and costume, today to help celebrate Halloween in the downtown district. Photos by Paul Archipley

FALL BACKDon’t forget to set your clocks back an hour Sunday8

Hekinan graces ECA stage