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Subjects › Management › Forms of Government › Washington Cities Incorporating Under, Adopting or Abandoning Form Of Government from 1970 to 2009
Revised 3/2012

Washington Cities Incorporating Under, Adopting or Abandoning Form Of Government from 1970 to 2009

Cities Incorporating under the Mayor-Council Form

Liberty Lake (2001)

Cities Incorporating Under Council-Manager Form

Ocean Shores (1970)
Mill Creek (1983)
SeaTac (1990)
Federal Way (1990)
Woodinville (1993)
Burien (1993)
Newcastle (1994)
Shoreline (1995)
University Place (1995)
Lakewood (1996)
Edgewood (1996)
Covington (1997)
Maple Valley (1997)
Kenmore (1998)
Sammamish (1999)
Spokane Valley (2003)

Cities Changing from the Commission to the Mayor-Council Form

Wenatchee (1999)
Raymond (1998)

Cities Changing from Commission to Council-Manager Form

Chehalis (1975)
Olympia (1982)
Centralia (1986)

Cities Changing from Mayor-Council to Council-Manager Form

Snohomish (1972)
Bothell (1973)
Toppenish (1973)
Lacey (1973)
Ferndale (1981)
Blaine (1982)
Goldendale (1986)
Fircrest (1988)
Sequim (1995)
Ephrata (1995)
Battle Ground (1996)
Port Townsend (1998)
Fife (1999)
Carnation (2000)
Ridgefield (2000)
Airway Heights (2002)
Bainbridge Island (2009)

Cities Changing from Council-Manager to Mayor-Council Form

Bonney Lake (1973)
Anacortes (1982)
Goldendale (1994)
Ferndale (1999)
Spokane (2001)
Ephrata (2003)
Ocean Shores (2007)

Federal Way (2009)