{"id":1406,"date":"2014-01-17T12:08:49","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T20:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=1406"},"modified":"2014-01-17T12:08:49","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T20:08:49","slug":"council-chooses-dittmar-fill-district-2-vacancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/council-chooses-dittmar-fill-district-2-vacancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Chooses Dittmar to Fill District 2 Vacancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Yakima City Council has unanimously chosen Tom Dittmar to fill a vacancy on the Council created by Sara Bristol\u2019s resignation from the District 2 seat at the end of last year.\u00a0 Dittmar will be sworn in at the start of the Council\u2019s January 21<sup>st<\/sup> business meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Dittmar was selected by the Council following interviews of six finalists that took place earlier today. The other finalists were Patricia Byers, Maria Giedra, Mark Johnson, Michael Liddicoat, and Dan Polage<\/p>\n<p>Dittmar currently works as an investigator at the Yakima office of the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries.\u00a0 Originally from Yakima, Dittmar began his law enforcement career as a police officer for the Los Angeles Police Department in 1971.\u00a0 Two years later, he was hired as a patrol officer in Lacey, Washington.\u00a0 From 1974 to 1979, Dittmar served as the sergeant in charge of the Port of Seattle Police Department bomb squad.\u00a0 Dittmar then spent 11 years working for the Seattle Police Department as an intelligence detective.\u00a0 In 2001, he returned to Yakima to serve as a reserve deputy with the Yakima County Sheriff\u2019s Department.\u00a0 From 2004 to 2006, Dittmar worked for the Washington Military Department as a security officer.\u00a0 Since 2006, he has been with the Department of Labor and Industries investigating fraud and abuse of the state\u2019s industrial insurance program.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the six finalists, applications to fill the vacancy were submitted by (in alphabetical order) Michael Hayes, Lyle Kang, Nicholas Kline, Alphonso Lee, Richard Marcley, James McLean, and Tony Sloan.<\/p>\n<p>Dittmar will serve the remaining two years of Bristol\u2019s term.\u00a0 Bristol resigned from her District<br \/>\n2 seat on December 31<sup>st<\/sup> because she and her family have moved back to her hometown of Grants Pass, Oregon where she and her husband, Chris, now work for the Grants Pass Daily Courier newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>The District 2 seat that Dittmar will assume is one of four district-specific positions on the Council.\u00a0 Maureen Adkison holds the District 1 seat, Rick Ensey is the District 3 representative, and Kathy Coffey represents District 4.\u00a0 The other three seats on the Council are at-large positions, which are currently held by Micah Cawley, Dave Ettl, and Bill Lover.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u2013 end \u2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/City-Council-Vacancy-Selection-News-Release.pdf\">City Council Vacancy Selection &#8211; News Release<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Thomas-Dittmar-Application.pdf\">Thomas Dittmar Application<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yakima City Council has unanimously chosen Tom Dittmar to fill a vacancy on the Council created by Sara Bristol\u2019s resignation from the District 2 seat at the end of last year.\u00a0 Dittmar will be sworn in at the start of the Council\u2019s January 21st business meeting. 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