For the most up-to-date information on the City’s response to COVID-19, please click here. For common and questions about the Stay Home, Stay Healthy order and how to comply, especially for businesses including construction, please click here. Save the Date: 2nd Round PPP Webinars The Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County cordially Read more…
Fats, oils and grease, known collectively as FOG, represent the most serious enemy of our sewer lines. This includes Butter Cooking oil Salad dressing Mayonnaise Grease Gravy Sauces Food/meat scraps Lard Margarine Shortening When you dump FOG down your drain, it forms large, thick grease balls that clog pipes and Read more…
The City of Sumner invites comments on an application for the proposal described below.The public has the right to review the contents of the official file for the proposal, provide written comments, participate in the public hearings/meetings, and request a copy of the final decision. Proposal Name: Comprehensive Plan Map Read more…
Starting the week of August 3, we can begin processing concealed pistol licenses with some very strict modifications due to coronavirus: 1) Call Sumner Police to make an appointment at 253-863-6384. Please be patient as staffing is limited, and volumes are expected to be high. 2) Appointments will be available Read more…
The State of Washington requires everyone to wear a mask when in all indoor public spaces and outdoors when you can’t maintain a 6′ distance. In addition, the Governor has ordered businesses “to require and enforce the use of face coverings by all customers or visitors.” Useful Links: Washington State’s Read more…
For Shoppers/Customers Support your favorite local businesses! Search Instagram or Facebook with the #OpeninSumner as well as #ExperienceSumner or #WeLoveSumner to find your favorite businesses and how they’re serving you safely. Or, discover a new favorite and give them a try! For Sumner Businesses Use the graphic and the common 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…
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…
After two years, the final piece of Sumner’s Decant Facility has been completed. What is a decant facility? It’s a covered structure, located by our Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility that allows us to properly manage all of the stuff we sweep off the streets and suck out of storm drains. Read more…
Audits are quite dry and frankly, not the most exciting to read. However, they are among the most important documents for a City. Our complete FY2018 Audit from the Washington State Auditor includes no exit items, management letters or findings. An audit is not as visual as a bridge being Read more…