Sean Sundwall
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Insurance agency owner for more than 15 years who served on the Snoqualmie, Washington, City Council from 2017 to 2021. Wants more road capacity and faster delivery of delayed projects, plus closer review of district spending.
Where Sean Sundwall stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (1 record), Public Infrastructure (2 records)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (3 support · 2 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Questioned a city events contractor's bills at an Oct. 23, 2017 council meeting. He pointed out that monthly bills had become identical and listed a meeting she did not attend. The council then agreed to hire an ethics officer and an independent auditor.
October 23, 2017Supports Government Efficiency
Source: valleyrecord.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 support · 2 oppose
Argued on Oct. 5, 2020 for Snoqualmie to set its own 0.1% sales tax for affordable housing and mental health care. He said this kept the money under city control instead of King County's. The city then enacted the tax.
October 5, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: valleyrecord.com
Presented and voted for rejecting all bids for the Koinonia Park upgrade on April 8, 2019. The lowest bid, $540,836, was far over the $297,000 budget, and he said the work had to be scaled back. The vote was 7-0.
April 8, 2019Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: valleyrecord.com
Opposed paying an art gallery $11,412 to run Snoqualmie's visitor center until the city had a tourism plan. On Jan. 14, 2019 the council delayed that funding.
January 14, 2019Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: valleyrecord.com
As chair of Snoqualmie's Lodging Tax Advisory Committee, reported on Oct. 8, 2018 that the committee would not fund a $29,000 request to run the city's visitor center. He said the council first needed a longer-term plan.
October 8, 2018Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: valleyrecord.com
Wrote a public letter backing the Snoqualmie Valley School District's 2015 construction bond (Proposition 1). He praised it for adding room for 1,950 students across all grades.
February 3, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: valleyrecord.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 2 support
Voted for a Jan. 25, 2021 law requiring property owners to clear snow and ice from sidewalks next to their homes within 48 hours. Violators can face a $25 fine after two warnings. It passed 4-3.
January 25, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: valleyrecord.com
Wrote a public letter backing the Snoqualmie Valley School District's 2015 construction bond (Proposition 1). He praised it for adding room for 1,950 students across all grades.
February 3, 2015Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: valleyrecord.com
Track record — General
General · 15 records
Resigned from the Snoqualmie City Council effective Aug. 30, 2021, more than two years before his term ended. He gave no public reason.
August 30, 2021
Source: valleyrecord.com
Voted against cutting Snoqualmie's planned 2020 property tax increase of 1.11% to zero. He said the city could not do without the money unless it cut staff. The cut passed 4-3 on Nov. 25, 2019.
November 25, 2019
Source: valleyrecord.com
Won election to a full four-year term on the Snoqualmie City Council in November 2019.
November 5, 2019
Source: valleyrecord.com
Argued against letting a contractor do overnight water main work next to Eagle Point homes. The council turned down the noise exemption on Oct. 28, 2019.
October 28, 2019
Source: valleyrecord.com
Voted on Sept. 9, 2019 to reject King County's 2019 solid waste plan, which extended the life of landfills. He said the plan put off serious study of a waste-to-energy plant. The rejection passed 5-2.
September 9, 2019
Source: valleyrecord.com
Voted on Sept. 9, 2019 to stop video recording of council public comments on topics not on the agenda. The change passed 4-3 after his election opponent used council footage in campaign videos.
September 9, 2019
Source: valleyrecord.com
Joined an ad hoc council committee that planned Snoqualmie's new town hall listening sessions, reported to the council in March 2019.
March 8, 2019
Source: valleyrecord.com
Served on a three-member council panel that interviewed applicants for Snoqualmie's ethics hearing officer post. On Dec. 11, 2017 the panel recommended former Bellevue mayor Grant Degginger, a government lawyer.
December 11, 2017
Source: valleyrecord.com
Voted against raising Snoqualmie's city property tax by the maximum 1% for 2018. The increase passed 5-2 on Nov. 27, 2017.
November 27, 2017
Source: valleyrecord.com
Was named chair of the Snoqualmie City Council's Community Development Committee and council liaison to the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee on Aug. 28, 2017.
August 28, 2017
Source: valleyrecord.com
Voted with a unanimous council on Aug. 14, 2017 to reject a developer's bid to annex Snoqualmie Hills West for an 800-unit senior community. He faulted the plan for having little commercial space and for straining city staff.
August 14, 2017
Source: valleyrecord.com
Was appointed to Snoqualmie City Council Position 6 by a unanimous council vote on April 13, 2017. He filled the seat left open by the death of Councilman Charles Peterson.
April 13, 2017
Source: valleyrecord.com
Was named American Family Insurance's Agent of the Month for Washington state in November 2012, about a year after opening his Snoqualmie Valley agency.
November 6, 2012
Source: valleyrecord.com
Led a citizen petition for a recount of a Snoqualmie Valley School District middle school bond that failed by one vote in February 2011.
February 24, 2011
Source: valleyrecord.com
Founded the Mount Si Running Club in Snoqualmie in June 2009, after organizing the city's Railroad Days, St. Patrick's and Turkey Trot fun runs.
June 16, 2009
Source: valleyrecord.com
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 1 record
Was fined $150, with $100 suspended, by Washington's Public Disclosure Commission on Aug. 12, 2021. It found he filed his 2020 personal financial disclosure late as a Snoqualmie council member.
August 12, 2021
Source: pdc.wa.gov
Past race Sean Sundwall ran in:
- Ada County Highway District Commissioner, District 3 · November 3, 2026 · Ada County Highway District