Swearing in ceremony for Shoreline council

With King County Superior Court Judge Richard Eadie presiding, returning Councilmembers Doris McConnell and Jesse Salomon took the oath of office on January 4. Newly elected Councilmember Keith Scully also took the oath of office. Following the swearing in ceremony, Council selected Chris Roberts as Mayor and Shari Winstead as Deputy Mayor, both of whom will serve for two years.

Elected to the City Council in 2009 and re-elected in 2013, this will be Mayor Roberts’ first term as Mayor. Mayor Roberts graduated from Willamette University in 2000 and earned a PhD from the University of Washington in 2012 in the field of political science. His external Council assignments include serving as a member of the Association of Washington Cities Legislative Committee, the Sound Cities Association Public Issues Committee, and as an alternate to the Puget Sound Regional Council Growth Management Policy Board. Chris is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. With his wife, Heather, and their son, Clark, Mayor Roberts resides in the Meridian Park neighborhood of Shoreline.

“I want to thank the members of the Shoreline City Council for the confidence they placed in me to serve as the Mayor of Shoreline for the next two years,” stated Mayor Roberts. “It’s an honor to represent our great community.”

Deputy Mayor Winstead was first elected to the City Council in 2009 and was re-elected in 2013. She served as mayor from 2014 through 2015. Deputy Mayor Winstead has been an active member of the Shoreline community for the past 24 years. In 2006, she served as co-chair of the City’s Park and Open Space Bond Committee and in 2008 and 2009 she served on the City’s Long-Range Financial Planning Citizen Committee. Her City Council external committee assignments include the Regional Law, Safety, and Justice Committee (RLSJC) and the Regional Water Quality Committee (RWQC). Deputy Mayor Winstead resides in the Echo Lake neighborhood with her husband Stan Hansen.

“It was an honor to serve as mayor for the past two years,” said Deputy Mayor Winstead. “I look forward to serving as Deputy Mayor for the next two years and continuing to represent the citizens of this great community.”

Shoreline operates as a code city under the laws of the State of Washington with a council-manager form of government. As the governing body, the seven elected part-time city councilmembers set policy and appoint a city manager to implement policy.

The City Council chooses a Mayor and Deputy Mayor from among its members at the first meeting of a new year following an election. The Mayor presides at Council meetings and represents the City at ceremonial functions and inter-governmental meetings. The Deputy Mayor presides in the Mayor‘s absence.

The Shoreline City Council meets every Monday at City Hall. Meetings that fall on legal holidays are cancelled. Meetings begin at 7:00pm. Council meetings are streamed live from the City’s website. Video of the meetings are available online or on Shoreline’s government access channels (Comcast Channel 21 and Verizon Channel 37) the day following the Council meeting.

Visit the city webpage for more information or call the Agenda Hotline at 206-801-2230 for the latest meeting information.