Council History
It All Started in 1966
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
Thomas C. Adams Jr.
Councilmember 1968-1969
Raymond R. Alverson
Councilmember 1968-1969
Carl Anderson
Councilmember 1966-1969
Served on Lacey’s first City Council
Eugene Asselstine
Councilmember 1970-1973
Deputy Mayor
Jun 1973 – Dec 1973
Richard D. Bever
Councilmember 1980-1987
Deputy Mayor
Dec 1980 – 1985
Kay Boyd
Councilmember 1980-1993
Deputy Mayor
1986
Mayor
1987-1990
Mark O. Brown
Councilmember 1977-1986
Deputy Mayor
1979 – Nov 1980
Mayor
Dec 1980 – 1986
Thomas Buckingham
Councilmember 1970-1973
Ann Burgman
Councilmember 1994-2009
Deputy Mayor
Jun 1998 – 2001
William A. Bush
Councilmember 1973-1997
Mayor 1974-1975
Deputy Mayor
1977-1978
Longest serving Councilmember
Robert Carino
Councilmember 1975-1977
Delbert L. Chase
Councilmember 1973-1976
Virgil Clarkson
Councilmember 1998-2017
Deputy Mayor
2002-2003, 2006
2010-2011
Mayor
2004, 2007
2012-2013
Lacey’s First Black Mayor
Carolyn Cox
Councilmember 2018-2025
D-G
John Darby
Councilmember 2002-2009
Deputy Mayor
2008-2009
Edwin Davis
Councilmember 1972-1973
Mary Dean
Councilmember 2000-2011
Nicolas Dunning
Councilmember 2024-Present
Art Eeckhout
Councilmember 1968-1969
Karen R. Fraser
Councilmember 1973-1980
Mayor
1976-1980
Lacey’s First Female Councilmember and Mayor
Jeff Gadman
Councilmember 2012-2017
Josephine Gauthier
Councilmember 1976-1979
Ira Grant
Councilmember 1966-1967
Served on Lacey’s First City Council
Jerry Gray
Councilmember 1982-1993
Lenny Greenstein
Councilmember 2012-2023
Wendell Gregory
Councilmember 1969
H-L
Jon Halvorson
Councilmember 1991-1999
Mayor
1993-Oct 1996
Thomas Heald
Councilmember 1982-1985
Jason Hearn
Councilmember 2008-2019
Deputy Mayor
2012-2013
Albert G. Homann
Councilmember 1968-1969
Mayor
Dec 1966 – 1971
First Mayor of Lacey
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
Dennis B. Ingham
Councilmember 1980-Jan 1991
Deputy Mayor
1987-1989
Robert Jensen
Councilmember
1978-1981
1986-Jan 1992
Richard E. “Dick” Johnson
Councilmember Apr 1973-1977
Herb Jones
Councilmember 1993-Jun 1998
Deputy Mayor
Oct 1996-Jun 1998
Lacey’s First Black Councilmember
Richard F. Jones
Councilmember Dec 1966-Apr 1968
Served on Lacey’s First City Council
Winfred W. “Hap” Kemp
Councilmember Dec 1966–1967
1970- Jun 1973
Served on Lacey’s First City Council
J. Dana Kintner
Councilmember 1968-1969
Archie Knowles
Councilmember 1978-Jan 1982
Ed Kunkel
Councilmember Dec 2019-2022
Ron Lawson
Councilmember 2010-2013
Gene Liddell
Councilmember Nov 1987-1993
Mayor
1991-1992
Deputy Mayor
1990
First Filipina Mayor in the United States
M-S
Malcolm McKenzie
Councilmember Dec 1966-1967
Served on Lacey’s First Council
H. Jay Meeker
Councilmember Mar 1970-1973
Malcolm Miller
Councilmember 2020-2023
Tom Nelson
Councilmember Dec 2003-2011
Mayor
2010-2011
Nancy Peterson
Councilmember
1993-2007
Mayor
Oct 1996-1999
Deputy Mayor
2004-2005, 2007
Cynthia Pratt
Councilmember 2010-2021
Deputy Mayor
2014-2021
William C. Ryan
Councilmember 1968-Mar 1970
Andy Ryder
Councilmember 2010-2025
Mayor
2014-2022
Graeme Sackrison
Councilmember May 1997-2009
Mayor
2000-2003
2006
2008-2009
Leon Schiendelman
Councilmember 1970-Jun 1973
Mayor
Jan 1973-Jun 1973
Shortest Term as Mayor
Julio G. Silva
Councilmember Sep 1973–Nov 1975
Michael Steadman
Councilmember 2014-2025
Earlyse Swift
Councilmember 1987- Feb 1999
Deputy Mayor
1991–Oct 1996
T-Z
Albert Van Andel
Councilmember 1972-1973
Mayor
1972–Mar 1973
Robin Vazquez
Councilmember 2022-2025
Richard Webb
Councilmember Dec 1966-1967
Served on Lacey’s First City Council
Jim Weber
Councilmember Nov 1993-2001
Lorraine Wilson
Councilmember Apr 1999-Oct 2003
Edward Winogrocki
Councilmember
Dec 1973-1977
Rachel Young
Councilmember Apr 2017-Apr 2019
Lynda Zeman
Councilmember May-Dec 2019