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Olympia achieved a balanced 2024 operating budget by utilizing $7 million from fund and stabilization reserves and reducing the operating budget of city departments, City Manager Jay Burney announced ..read more
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Olympia’s Community Planning and Development (CP&D) Deputy Director Tim Smith outlined the division’s 2024 agenda with a significant focus on continuing work on updating the ..read more
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Olympia is soliciting proposals from qualified respondents to do scoping and environmental reviews for the city's 2045 Comprehensive Plan update. The city's request for proposals asks for the ..read more
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The Port of Olympia Commission voted to adopt its 2024 operating budget, capital investment plan, and tax levy on Monday, November 27. According to the budget, the Port would spend $7.2 ..read more
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Even as the Thurston County Auditor’s Office announced the November 7 General Election results today, it also declared that it will conduct a recount for the Rainier City Council Position No. 2 ..read more
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Housing and Land Use Planner Erika Smith-Erickson briefed the Tumwater Planning Commission on the Lands for Public Purposes and Utilities elements of its 2025 Comprehensive Plan periodic update on ..read more
Tumwater Planning Commission sets public hearing date for Comprehensive Plan Amendments final docket
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Last night, the Tumwater Planning Commission scheduled the hearing for Ordinance No. O2023-002, Final Docket for 2023 Comprehensive Plan Amendments, on December 12 at their next meeting ..read more
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With councilmember Dontae Payne moving on to become Olympia mayor on December 31, the city is now seeking applicants to fill his vacant seat for the rest of the term. Payne is currently ..read more
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The Transportation Policy Board (TPB) voted to recommend that the Thurston Regional Planning Council adopt an updated regional trails plan. At the TPB meeting on Wednesday, November 8, TRPC ..read more