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| Record Creator: | Olympia Municipal Government, City Council |
| Description: | These records include resolutions adopted by the Olympia City Council during meetings from 1871 through 2018. The City adopted it’s first resolution in 1871.
Resolutions are official or formal statements of determination, decision, or opinion passed by a council, commission, or board on matters before that body. The resolutions in this collection are indexed by date and by resolution number. The earliest resolutions have no number. Some resolutions were given the same number. Learn about the documentation of Resolution in Washington and what information is found in the various record types by selecting the tab that says "About this Collection"here. |
| Related Records: | For more information or to learn about related records, contact the Washington State Archives, Southwest Region Branch at (360) 753-1684 or email swbrancharchives@sos.wa.gov. |
| Access Restriction Notes: | These records are open for research. |
| Sources of Transfer | Olympia, City of |
| Agency History: | Named in 1853 at the suggestion of Colonel Isaac Ebey, the first recorded visit to the area by European settlers was in 1792 when Peter Puget and the British Vancouver Expedition charted the site. The City of Olympia was incorporated in 1859 and is the county seat of Thurston County. Olympia is also the capital of the State of Washington. |
| Preferred Citation: | Coming soon. |
| Record Count: | 3,229 |
