Father-Daughter Dance a Success and City Staff Attend Public Disclosure Request Conference

• Father–Daughter Dance attracts more than 200 guests
  

The Lakewood Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department presented a successful Father-Daughter Dance on March 19th. A Night Out at the Circus theme brought out more than 200 guests to the event, ranging in ages from 8 months to more than 80 years.

It was a fun time and was enjoyed by all with bright and colorful decorations, refreshments and dancing. It was the ninth year The City of Lakewood has hosted the event and it continues to be the highlight of the year for many girls and their dads.

• Class Action Complaint dismissed

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a class action complaint against The City of Lakewood on March 31 and other municipalities pertaining to their photo enforcement programs. The Ninth Circuit held that the federal district court correctly rejected the plaintiffs’ challenges to the camera fine amounts, compensation arrangements and camera infraction notices.

• Staff demonstrates Lakewood’s public disclosure request application at Washington state Municipal Clerks Conference

City of Lakewood City Clerk Alice Bush and NIS Engineer David Tilman demonstrated Lakewood's in-house web based application for tracking and monitoring public records requests at the annual conference of the Washington state Municipal Clerks Conference in Vancouver, WA on March 24.

Between 50-60 municipal clerks attended this concurrent session and comments were received on the robust nature of the application. Many cities expressed interest
in using Lakewood's application for tracking their public disclosure requests,
including West Richland, DuPont, Ferndale, Ridgefield, and Riverside, Calif.