Inside the City of Tumwater Date: March 17, 2021 To:
Mayor Pete Kmet City Councilmembers City Employees
From: John Doan, City Administrator
PEOPLE
Eight Express Interest in Council
Eight people have applied for the vacant City Council
position: Mike Arnold, Rebecca Faust, Joel Hansen,
Angela Jefferson, Nam Nguyen, Elizabeth Robbins, Alex Rossiter, and Rob Warner. At the Tuesday,
March 16 meeting, Councilmembers reviewed the applications and discussed the selection process. At
a special meeting on Saturday, March 20, all applicants will be interviewed. After interviews are
completed, Councilmembers will confer about the
candidates in open session and appoint a new
Councilmember by formal motion at the next regular meeting. The Council vacancy is the result of the
Lt. Raffelson Honored
A Fire Apparatus Procession & Memorial Service with
resignation of Tom Oliva who stepped down after serving more than 11 years on the Council.
full line-of-duty death honors was held for retired Lt.
Kudos to Our Employees
Firefighter/Paramedic on Medic 5, serving Tumwater
Department, a woman called back and spoke to
Department Training Officer. She was a mentor and friend to many during her years in the fire service.
courteous and professional and wanted to thank
Memorial for Chief LaVielle Saturday
It must be contagious, because another customer
public memorial service for Chief LaVielle. Captain
promptly answered questions, ensured a payment
Honor Flag. The video of the memorial is posted on
person was appreciative of having a great person like
Facebook page.
Gwen and Joann. It IS great to have you on our team.
Darlene Raffelson on March 6. Raffelson was a
After interacting with Gwen Frost in the Finance
and Thurston County, and was later promoted to
Finance Lead JoAnn Fletcher. She said Gwen was very
Gwen for her service. She was pleased we have employees like Gwen in the City—so are we!
Mayor Kmet and Acting Chief Hurley spoke at the
called us about an interaction with JoAnn who
Crimmins presented the family with the Tumwater
posted, and relieved the customer’s stress. The
the Washington State Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Joann working for our wonderful City. Thank you