City of Cle Elum moves closer to bankruptcy without resolution

City of Cle Elum moves closer to bankruptcy without resolution

The City of Cle Elum may return to considering bankruptcy, claiming mediation talks with a Seattle-based developer have broken down. The city, population of about 2,200, has been on the hook for $22.3 million — five times its annual general-fund budget — after an arbitrator ruled in November that the city violated a 2011 contract by causing delays in the development of Ederra. a new community of 1,000 houses.The city entered mediation with devel…