Council History
It All Started in 1966
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On November 8, 1966, voters approved incorporating the City of Lacey, population 8,860, as a City of the Third Class with a Council-Mayor form of government. The election was certified on December 5, 1966. On the ballot were the positions of mayor, seven councilmembers, city clerk, treasurer, and city attorney. Mayor A. G. Homann served as Lacey’s first mayor.
Less than a decade after incorporation, rapid growth in Lacey revealed a need for a full-time paid administrator to manage daily operations for the city. In an election held November 6, 1973, Lacey voters approved a Council-Manager form of government and elected seven new councilmembers on the same ballot. The new council, following an official swearing in ceremony on December 13, 1973, passed Resolution 243, changing to the city manager structure. William Bush was selected by the Council to serve as the first mayor under the revised city government structure.
Past and Present
Councilmembers
A-C
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Thomas C. Adams Jr.
Councilmember 1968-1969
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Raymond R. Alverson
Councilmember 1968-1969
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Carl Anderson
Councilmember 1966-1969
Served on Lacey’s first City Council
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Eugene Asselstine
Councilmember 1970-1973
Deputy Mayor
Jun 1973 – Dec 1973
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Richard D. Bever
Councilmember 1980-1987
Deputy Mayor
Dec 1980 – 1985
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Mark O. Brown
Councilmember 1977-1986
Deputy Mayor
1979 – Nov 1980
Mayor
Dec 1980 – 1986
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Thomas Buckingham
Councilmember 1970-1973
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Ann Burgman
Councilmember 1994-2009
Deputy Mayor
Jun 1998 – 2001
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William A. Bush
Councilmember 1973-1997
Mayor 1974-1975
Deputy Mayor
1977-1978
Longest serving Councilmember
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Robert Carino
Councilmember 1975-1977
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Delbert L. Chase
Councilmember 1973-1976
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Virgil Clarkson
Councilmember 1998-2017
Deputy Mayor
2002-2003, 2006
2010-2011
Mayor
2004, 2007
2012-2013
Lacey’s First Black Mayor
D-G
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John Darby
Councilmember 2002-2009
Deputy Mayor
2008-2009
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Edwin Davis
Councilmember 1972-1973
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Mary Dean
Councilmember 2000-2011
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Art Eeckhout
Councilmember 1968-1969
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Karen R. Fraser
Councilmember 1973-1980
Mayor
1976-1980
Lacey’s First Female Councilmember and Mayor
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Jeff Gadman
Councilmember 2012-2017
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Josephine Gauthier
Councilmember 1976-1979
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Ira Grant
Councilmember 1966-1967
Served on Lacey’s First City Council
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Jerry Gray
Councilmember 1982-1993
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Wendell Gregory
Councilmember 1969
H-L
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Jon Halvorson
Councilmember 1991-1999
Mayor
1993-Oct 1996
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Thomas Heald
Councilmember 1982-1985
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Jason Hearn
Councilmember 2008-2019
Deputy Mayor
2012-2013
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Albert G. Homann
Councilmember 1968-1969
Mayor
Dec 1966 – 1971
First Mayor of Lacey
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Thomas W. Huntamer
Councilmember
1966-1967 1969–1979
Mayor
Jul-Dec 1973
Deputy Mayor
Jan-Jun 1973
1974-1976
Served on Lacey’s First City Council
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Dennis B. Ingham
Councilmember 1980-Jan 1991
Deputy Mayor
1987-1989
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Robert Jensen
Councilmember
1978-1981
1986-Jan 1992
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Richard E. “Dick” Johnson
Councilmember Apr 1973-1977
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Herb Jones
Councilmember 1993-Jun 1998
Deputy Mayor
Oct 1996-Jun 1998
Lacey’s First Black Councilmember
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Richard F. Jones
Councilmember Dec 1966-Apr 1968
Served on Lacey’s First City Council
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Winfred W. “Hap” Kemp
Councilmember Dec 1966–1967
1970- Jun 1973
Served on Lacey’s First City Council
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J. Dana Kintner
Councilmember 1968-1969
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Archie Knowles
Councilmember 1978-Jan 1982
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Ed Kunkel
Councilmember Dec 2019-2022
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Ron Lawson
Councilmember 2010-2013
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Gene Liddell
Councilmember Nov 1987-1993
Mayor
1991-1992
Deputy Mayor
1990
First Filipina Mayor in the United States
M-S
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Malcolm McKenzie
Councilmember Dec 1966-1967
Served on Lacey’s First Council
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H. Jay Meeker
Councilmember Mar 1970-1973
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Tom Nelson
Councilmember Dec 2003-2011
Mayor
2010-2011
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Nancy Peterson
Councilmember
1993-2007
Mayor
Oct 1996-1999
Deputy Mayor
2004-2005, 2007
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Cynthia Pratt
Councilmember 2010-2021
Deputy Mayor
2014-2021
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William C. Ryan
Councilmember 1968-Mar 1970
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Graeme Sackrison
Councilmember May 1997-2009
Mayor
2000-2003
2006
2008-2009
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Leon Schiendelman
Councilmember 1970-Jun 1973
Mayor
Jan 1973-Jun 1973
Shortest Term as Mayor
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Julio G. Silva
Councilmember Sep 1973–Nov 1975
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Earlyse Swift
Councilmember 1987- Feb 1999
Deputy Mayor
1991–Oct 1996
T-Z
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Albert Van Andel
Councilmember 1972-1973
Mayor
1972–Mar 1973
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Richard Webb
Councilmember Dec 1966-1967
Served on Lacey’s First City Council
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Jim Weber
Councilmember Nov 1993-2001
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Lorraine Wilson
Councilmember Apr 1999-Oct 2003
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Edward Winogrocki
Councilmember
Dec 1973-1977
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Rachel Young
Councilmember Apr 2017-Apr 2019
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Lynda Zeman
Councilmember May-Dec 2019