Aberdeen

Connect with the City of Aberdeen

• Building Division

• City Council

  The City of Aberdeen operates under the mayor-council form of government, where policy and administration are separated. All legislative and policy-making powers are vested in the city council. The administrative authority, including veto power, is vested in the mayor.

• ADA Transition plan

• Engineering Division

  View contact information for the Engineering Division.

• Arts Commission

  The purpose of Aberdeen’s Arts Commission is to introduce a wide range of quality public art into the community, enhancing the civic environment and enriching the lives of residents and visitors.

• Lodging Tax Committee

  This fund was created for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of acquisition, construction, or operating of stadium facilities, convention center facilities, performing arts center facilities and/or visual arts center facilities, or to pay or secure the payment of all or any portion of general obligation bonds or revenue bonds issued for such purpose or purposes under this chapter or to pay for advertising, publicizing, or otherwise distributing information for the purpose of attracting visitors and encouraging tourist expansion.

• Parks & Recreation

  Aberdeen has close to 20 parks spread over approximately 273 acres of within the city limits. An additional 150 acres have been developed for community use.

• Annual Police Reports

  Read the Annual Aberdeen Police Department's police reports.

• Library Board

  The Aberdeen library board is created to provide advisory guidance to the mayor and city council in the establishment of goals and activities related to public library services in the city of Aberdeen and to assist the mayor, city council, and library patrons in evaluating the Timberland Regional Library District’s operation of the Aberdeen Timberland Library and use of the city’s library facilities. The board may solicit and accept monies dedicated to library activities and operations on behalf of the city and may provide assistance to private foundations and other trustees of funds dedicated to Aberdeen library services by reviewing proposals and recommending appropriate uses of the funds. The board is encouraged to establish a close working relationship with the Timberland Regional Library District and the Friends of the Aberdeen Timberland Library.

• Residential Rental Property Inspection

  The ordinance requires that all registered rental properties are inspected, at least once every 3 years.