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SubjectsManagementForms of Government › Washington Cities Incorporating Under, Adopting or Abandoning the Council-Manager Form of Government From 1970 - 2003
Updated 08/2010

Washington Cities Incorporating Under, Adopting or Abandoning the Mayor-Council, Council-Manager and Commission Forms 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)