A lot of people want to park in Sumner. With an active downtown, businesses need parking for employees and customers. Residents need parking to access their homes, have guests over or get work done on their property during the day. And with a regional transit station, commuters need parking to access Read more…
The former Sumner Meadows golf course property is closed and is not open for public use. This may seem like old news to most, as the golf course has not been operating for the past seven years. However, since its closure, members of the public have largely ignored its closure Read more…
We have a water main leaking under Main Street where it crosses the railroad tracks. In order to make repairs, we will be shutting down Main Street in evenings starting January 13. We expect this project to last about two weeks. Each morning, the road will reopen by about 5 Read more…
Fund 166th/SR410 Interchange Design We’ve done it once, and we need to do it again. With Traffic Avenue, Sumner demonstrated how smart cities can use State investments to build public-private partnerships funding WSDOT interchanges improvements for a fraction of what it would cost the State to fully fund in the Read more…
Whenever the Northwest gets snow, it brings up some questions. Here are the usual ones: What roads do you plow first? First Priority: Forest Canyon Road, Sumner-Tapps Highway, Traffic Avenue and 24th Street interchange with SR 167 Second Priority: all bridges including 142nd Avenue E and Cannery Way Third Priority: Read more…
Sumner has joined the nation-wide effort of proclaiming January as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month. Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery and involves the use of force, fraud or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act from a victim. What can you do? Read more…
You can watch the January 6 Sumner City Council meeting live here and as an archive after the meeting ends.
The City of Sumner is increasing the refuse rates in accordance with the contract with D.M. Disposal. The contract calls for an annual CPI adjustment of eighty percent (80%) of the change in the October Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) computed by the Seattle-Tacoma Area, plus an additional increase to reflect Read more…
Watch the December 16, 2019, City Council meeting here. You can stream it live or watch the archive video after the meeting.
The Sumner Police Department is offering lateral incentives including $10,000 dollar hiring bonus 40 hour starting sick leave bank 40 hour starting management leave bank Starting salary $6,348 – $7,357 per month Variable annual vacation accrual rates DOQ Other benefits include Accredited agency Small-town charm in urban region Close to Read more…