Inside the City of Tumwater Date:
April 10, 2023
To:
Mayor Debbie Sullivan City Councilmembers City Employees
From: John Doan, City Administrator
PEOPLE
Eggs, Eggs, Eggs The City Egg Dash hatched perfectly on Saturday. Even the rain stayed away. Great crowds, a fun/safe
event, a Mayor who took the mic away from Todd, lots of kids, and 20,000 eggs all made a special event.
City Receives Planning Award The Washington Chapter of the American Planning
Association has announced that Tumwater has
received the 2023 Excellence in Planning Award in
the Sustainability Category for the Urban Forestry
Management Plan.
The Awards will be presented at the Planning
Association of Washington Conference in April.
Employees of the WSECU (Washington State Employee
Team, Planning Commission, Tree Board, City
Dash. These volunteers and others at Old Town Center
Congratulations to our Planning and Sustainability
Credit Union) who helped stuff eggs in support of the
Council, and consultant.
helped stuff the 20,000 eggs which were distributed at
City Clerk Served on WMCA Board Melody Valiant, the City Clerk, has completed three
years of service on the Executive Committee of the Washington Municipal Clerks Association. Melody
had also co-chaired the bylaws committee and
served on and led several other committees. Thank you, Melody, for your service to the profession.
the Tumwater High School stadium.
ERP Crosses Major Milestone One of the City biggest projects is happening right now with no barricades, construction inspectors, or
permits. The City Enterprise Resource Planning
system (ERP) is replacing our operations' 15-year-old computer software backbone. After more than two
years of planning and cleaning up data, the first
phase of the conversion from EDEN to MUNIS went