JC Harris For Des Moines
P.O. Box 13094 Des Moines, WA 98198
Phone
City Of Des Moines
Directions: 21630 11th Avenue S, Suite A Des Moines, WA 98198
Phone: (206) 878-4595
Web Site: https://desmoineswa.gov
Communication Policies
Public Records
Please note that all communications are public record, in accordance with State Of Washington law.
All Council Messages
You can send a message to all councilmembers in one fell swoop my emailing citycouncil@desmoineswa.gov. When you do this the City Clerk is automatically cc’d. They will you a response indicating that the email has been received and will add the contents to the list of public comments for the next City Council Meeting.
Oh, You want proof?
One or two days after a city council meeting, the Clerk will add all those all-council emails into the meeting’s agenda packet. I upload that revised agenda to this web site. Or, you can go to the City web site and download that agenda.
My personal email policies
This is my personal approach.
- If you send an all-council email citycouncil@desmoineswa.gov with an issue on the current meeting agenda, I assume it is public comment and I generally will not reply–because I would not reply to public comment from the dais.
- If you send an email to citycouncil@desmoineswa.gov on some other topic or make a request or some other action item, I will usually reply unless it’s something that should obviously be handled by staff–which the City Clerk automatically passes off to the proper individual.
- If you send any other communication, either here or by emailing jcharris@desmoineswa.gov I will always reply (well, at least once) and if appropriate then hand it off to staff.