Council Members

The Council is made up of seven members. Each member serves at large for a four-year term. Terms are staggered so not all seats are up for election the same year. Non-partisan elections are held every two years.

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The Lake Forest Park City Council enacts ordinances, approves the budget, sets policy, confirms appointments and grants franchises. Regularly scheduled meetings of the Council are held on the second and fourth Thursday of the month. Minutes of past meetings are available online:

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image: Alan Keist

Alan S. Kiest
Position 1
Current term ends: 12/31/2009
Phone: (206) 368-5440 ext. 250
Email: AKiest@cityoflfp.com
Committees: Chair of the Budget Committee and member of the Rules Committee

 
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Catherine Stanford
Position 2
Current term ends: 12/31/2011
Phone: (206) 368-5440 ext. 251
Email: CStanford@cityoflfp.com
Committees: Member of Finance Committee and Local Government Committee

 

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Sandy Koppenol
Position 3
Current term ends: 12/31/2009
Phone: (206) 368-5440 ext. 256
Email: SKoppenol@cityoflfp.com
Committees: Chair of the Finance Committee, Member of Special Committee on Commissions

image: Dwight Thompson

Dwight Thompson, Mayor pro tempore
Position 4
Current term ends: 12/31/2011

Phone: (206) 368-5440 ext. 253
Email: DThompson@cityoflfp.com
Committees: Chair of the Rules Committee and Chair of the Special Committee on Commissions and the Budget Committee

 

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Donald Fiene
Position 5
Current term ends: 12/31/2009
Phone: (206) 368-5440 ext. 252
Email:DFiene@cityoflfp.com
Committees: Chair of the Local Government Committee, Member of Special Committee on Commissions

Ed Sterner
Position 6
Current term ends: 12/31/2011
Phone: (206) 368-5440 ext. 255
Email: ESterner@cityoflfp.com
Vice Chair of the Budget Committee, Member of the Local Government Committee

Donovan Tracy
Position 7
Current term ends: 12/31/2009
Phone: (206) 368-5440 ext. 254
Email: DTracy@cityoflfp.com
Vice Chair of the Rules Committee, Member of the Finance Committee

 
image: Mayor Dave Hutchinson

Mayor Dave Hutchinson
Current term ends: 12/31/2011
Phone: (206) 368-5440 ext. 101
Email: MayorDave@cityoflfp.com
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