Helping You Schedule Your Down Time for Liberty Lake's Showcase Season
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Her Specializing in: Fisher was one of the original cogs in community involvement has spanned Liberty Lake’s governance wheel follow- groups such as Ro- N Pain & injury recovery ing incorporation in August 2001 along tary, Spokane Valley S 90 W Sports-related injury & screening Meals on Wheels, E IN with a group that included Mayor Steve V G A X L Post-surgery rehab Leadership Spokane O N Peterson, City Administrator Lewis Grif- KN E Auto injury fin, Police Chief Brian Asmus and Com- and Holy Names N Music Center. M Work-related injury rehab munity Development Director Doug O VE L A T Y Smith. Fisher served as finance director E A Fisher transitioned HUNTWOOD Balance & fall prevention R EW L N R P and city clerk — and later director of west to Cheney at the D AP MA E finance and administration — through start of 2008, taking D IS 23505 E. Appleway Ave, Ste 106 ON 2007, establishing a reputation as a savvy the reins as city ad- FISHER S Liberty Lake, WA 99019 money manager as well as a catalyst of T ministrator. On the ITRON people and ideas. 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How does is compare to other Peterson) and she was curled in a chair jurisdictions you've worked for? leading a successful effort to establish a sleeping. I will never forget how commit- utility tax fund for street and sidewalk ted everyone was to make sure we did ev- A: Mountlake Terrace is a full-service preservation. Citizens approved the erything right, and we wanted to be the city, meaning we have all utilities, police, funding initiative at a margin of over 75 model city. We achieved that goal. library, a very large parks and recreation percent. program with an aquatic center and we I think my favorite or worst day was contract for our fire services. Edmonds Fisher’s leadership tenure in Cheney when Mayor Peterson bounced into my School District provides the educational also included revamping the city’s build- cubby and I was busy putting ordinances ing, planning and code departments as services. The city has 168 employees and R'nR¦¬¬¬RV¦¬¬¬Center together, hiring staff, working on city we are a strong-mayor form of govern- 23203 ¦¬¬E. ¦¬¬Knox ¦¬¬ Liberty ¦¬¬ Lake, ¦ ¦¬¬WA well as procuring a $500,000 grant for a policies and putting a financial system ment — hence the city manager posi- See our menu at RnRRV.com new 50-acre park. She was at the fore- together and the mayor said, "Arlene, 509-927-9000 x190 tion. By comparison, it's the largest city front of a campaign to rebuild the com- I want to build a library." I remember I've managed and it's also an urban city munity center and led the charge to hire looking at him wondering if he'd hit with a very diverse population. That said, a new police chief and bring police and his head somewhere along the way and the residents want much of the same as fire communications in line with the lat- couldn't see how busy I was just getting any community — a safe place to live, a est technology. the urgent matters done. Then, he hands feeling of security, beautiful parks, rec- me a book titled, “Do it Right the First Last August, the Washington City/ reation programs to serve all ages from Free, High-quality Preschool for County Management Association pre- Time,” and he said, "Here’s our first book st birth to seniors, walkable destinations, children 3 or 4 yrs. old by Aug. 31 for the new library." I replied, “Not today, sented Fisher with the prestigious Award diverse outdoor activities and, of course, Transportation and meals provided. for Excellence at its annual conference. Mr. Mayor." dog and family activities and lots of dog The honor recognizes a city administra- Income qualifications. Today, you have your library, and I still parks. They want multi-mode transpor- tor for innovation and success in a juris- Younger children will be have the book. tation like transit and light rail and miles diction of over 5,000 residents. put on a waiting list. Q: We saw you last fall at the ribbon and miles of bike lanes. Even with all Fisher made another geographic and Call East Valley ECEAP cutting for the Harvard Road round- the differences, one element remains the career transition this March when she about. What are some of your impres- same — they want a community they can 241-5021 was named city manager in Mountlake (ECEAP Director) sions of Liberty Lake these days? be proud of and a place to call home. My Terrace, a suburb of Seattle with a popu- passion is to ensure that happens. 927-3233 893-4122 lation of 24,550. She was selected from a A: I drive through Liberty Lake when (Trentwood) (East Farms) field of more than 50 applicants and now I'm visiting our Newman Lake home, Q: For those who may not know, what 893-4123 893-4125 oversees a municipality with 168 employ- and the pride is still in my heart. It's a city are some of the primary responsibili- (Trent) (Otis Orchards) ees, 10 departments and four utilities. built with a common purpose of serving ties of a city manager? its residents. I still miss some of the great Fisher and her husband, Rich Mau- A: It's similar to what my former May- employees I used to work with.