Cheney Free Press -

CHENEY – The City Council voted Monday, Aug. 1, to suspend a requirement that no more than two Civil Service Commission members share the same party affiliation, in a decision appointing two new members to the three-person commission.

Discussions over vacancies in the commission have been taking place over the past month, as one member resigned and another promised to stay until a replacement was found.

Of the two applications the council received, only one, Brent Knight, responded with a party affiliation. The second, identified only as “Mr. Slater,” did not state a political affilia...