BOARDS & COMMISSIONS

Historical Commission

The Historical Commission provides leadership in raising awareness of Lacey's history and preservation of local historic resources. The commission guides creation of public education and interpretive programs, encourages conservation of items and properties that are of historic significance, and reviews nominations to the Lacey Register of Historic Places. The 8-member commission is comprised of seven general commissioners and one youth representative, and selects its own chairperson and vice-chairperson from its membership.

 

Commissioner 
Term
 Expiration
Erich Ebel, Chair
 2nd Term
 09-13-2022
Seth Huff, Vice Chair
 2nd Term
 09-13-2023
David Black
 1st Term
 09-13-2022
Kimberly Goetz
 1st Term
 09-13-2022
Jim Keogh 1st Term 09-13-2023
Sarah Thirtyacre
 1st Term
 09-13-2022
Alan Tyler
 2nd Term
 09-13-2022
Youth Representative - Vacant


 

 

The commissioners meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. at Lacey City Hall, 420 College Street SE, or other site as noted below. The public is invited and encouraged to attend. For more information, please contact Jen Burbidge, Parks & Recreation Director, at (360) 491-0857.

 

How to apply to serve as a Historical Commissioner or Youth Representative.

 

Additional information about the Historical Commission is available in Chapter 2.42 of the Lacey Municipal Code.

 

 

2020 Agendas & Minutes



Agenda
         
Meeting Date Type Agenda Minutes  
December  16, 2020
 Regular
Agenda
 Minutes
  
         
November 18, 2020
 Regular
 Agenda
 Minutes
  
         
         
October 21, 2020
 Regular Agenda
 Minutes
  
         
September 16, 2020
 Regular
 Agenda
 Minutes
  
         
August 19, 2020
 Regular Agenda
 Minutes
         
July 15, 2020
 Regular Agenda Minutes
  
         
June 17, 2020
 Regular Agenda
 Minutes
  
         
May 20, 2020
 Cancelled


         
April 30, 2020
   Agenda
 Minutes
  
         
April 15, 2020
 Cancelled
 Agenda
 


 
March 18, 2020
 Cancelled


 
     
 
February 19, 2020
 Regular Agenda
 Minutes
  
         
February 6, 2020
 Joint City Council Worksession
 Agenda
    
         
January 15, 2020
 Regular
Agenda
 Minutes
 
         

2019 Agendas & Minutes

         
Meeting Date Type Agenda Minutes  
December  18, 2019
 Regular
Agenda
 Minutes
  
         
November 20, 2019
 Regular
 Agenda
 Minutes
  
         
October 16, 2019
 Regular Agenda
 Minutes
  
         
September 18, 2019
 Canceled
N/A
 N/A
  
         
August 21, 2019
 Regular Agenda
 Minutes
         
July 17, 2019
 Canceled
 N/A
 N/A
  
         
June 19, 2019
 Regular
Agenda
 Minutes
  
         
May 15, 2019
Regular
Agenda
 Minutes
         
April 17, 2019
 Regular
 Agenda
 Minutes
  


 
March 20, 2019
  Regular
Agenda
 Minutes
  
     
 
February 20, 2019
  Regular Agenda
 Minutes
  
         
January 16, 2019
  Regular
Agenda
 Minutes
 
         
January 10, 2019 at 7:00pm
Joint City Council
Worksession
      

Historical Commission agendas are posted on the city's website prior to the scheduled meeting.  Full agenda packets are available by contacting the Parks Department at (360) 491-0857 or by e-mail laceyparks@ci.lacey.wa.us. 

 

Meeting minutes are posted after approval by the full commission, which is normally undertaken at the following regularly-scheduled meeting.

LACEY HISTORIAN OF THE YEAR

 

Each year the Lacey Historical Commission accepts nominations for Historian of the Year in the spring.

 

Nominations will be considered by the Lacey Historical Commission at the regular monthly meeting in June of each year. The selection shall be made by the majority vote of Commissioners present at the regular meeting. The Historical Commission is not obligated to select a Lacey Historian of the Year from the nominations submitted, if, in the opinion of the Commissioners, the nominee has not made a significant contribution to the preservation or promotion of Lacey’s history.

 

Past Lacey Historians of the Year:

 

2002 - Shirley Dziedzic
2003 - Roger Easton and the Lacey Women's Club
2004 - Dr. William Ehlers
2005 - Andrea Taylor
2007 - Lyman Fleetwood
2010 - Lanny Weaver
2011 - Matthew Connor
2012 - Diane Dean
2013 - Susan Goff
2014 - Richard Jones
2015 - Ken Balsley

2016 - Lori Flemm

2017 - Amy Turner & Nora Brown

2020 - Marrisa Merkel

 

 

 

Past Agendas & Minutes

 
2018      2017       2016        2015         2014         2013         2012       
 
For meeting records prior to 1/1/2011, please contact the Parks & Recreation Department at (360) 491-0857 or laceyparks@ci.lacey.wa.us.