City Administrator Sunny Weathers presented a 2024 year-in-review at the Medical Lake City Council meeting on Jan. 7, 2025, summarizing the city’s major projects, grants and staff work from the past year and previewing policy and advocacy priorities for 2025.

Weathers listed accomplishments including: adoption of a vacant commercial property ordinance; procurement of a 15-passenger van for Parks & Recreation; completion of a wastewater-treatment solar array; Jefferson water-main repairs; adoption of a historic preservation ordinance; execution of a records-room grant; award of a TIB-funded street maintenance project; broadband franchise agreements for high-speed internet; and a Commerce periodic update grant of $125,000 to support the comprehensive-plan update. Weathers also said the city received state and federal recovery support after the local fire and that FEMA hosted a disaster recovery center at city hall.

Looking ahead, Weathers said the city’s 2025 legislative agenda work had begun with the legislative session that opened in Olympia and staff plans to advocate for capital budget requests, including the Waterfront Park acquisition and engineering funds discussed later in the meeting. Weathers highlighted two upcoming opportunities for council advocacy and training: a GSI-sponsored “Olympia fly-in” on Feb. 12–13 and the Association of Washington Cities City Action Days; staff said they will organize travel for councilmembers who wish to attend.

Weathers closed by thanking council for its direction and staff for implementation work: “None of it’s possible without your authority, and we appreciate the opportunity to serve the citizens,” Weathers said. The administrator asked councilmembers to let staff know if they are available to participate in advocacy trips.

No formal action was required on the year-in-review presentation; staff said some grant-funded projects and budget items discussed would return to council in future agenda items.