The Lakewood City Council unanimously selected Councilman Don Anderson as mayor Tuesday night.
The Lakewood City Council unanimously selected Councilman Don Anderson as mayor Tuesday night.
The departure of Mayor Doug Richardson last week to the Pierce County Council left a vacancy in the largely ceremonial seat and council members had to name a successor. The mayor is not independently elected but selected from among the seven council members.
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The Lakewood City Council unanimously selected Councilman Don Anderson as mayor Tuesday night.
Pierce County’s second-largest city is poised to lose its top elected and appointed leaders, portending the most significant leadership change for Lakewood city government in its nearly 17-year history. The city has had only two city managers and three mayors in that time.
The Lakewood City Council sketched out Monday night the first steps it will take to fill the seat being vacated by Mayor Doug Richardson.
Helen McGovern is returning to the Lakewood City Council in what apparently will be a caretaker role of less than a year.
A Port of Tacoma commissioner and former Lakewood city councilwoman are among a dozen people who applied for appointment to the Lakewood City Council seat that Mayor Doug Richardson is vacating.
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