Brewocracy Now

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro covered a variety of topics. So much to discuss; so little time!

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark was joined by Port Townsend Director of Public Works Steve King. We covered the history of the Port Townsend water system, the current lease with the mill, water conservation issues as well as the upcoming process that the city will be doing to adjust water rates for next year. Factoid… the in-stream-flow minimum for the Little Quilcene River is 27 CFS which must be maintained for salmon!

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark was joined by Melody Sky Weaver, Community Services Director for the City of Port Townsend, and by Katy Goodman, PT’s Arts & Culture Coordinator. We learned all about Soundcheck, our local upcoming arts festival. More information may be found at here: https://ptcreativedistrict.org/soundcheck/

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro were joined by AJ Feit, who is the PT Police Department’s Navigator, and whose job is to connect with people who may be overwhelmed or in distress and to help them ‘navigate’ the system. He is part of the police department, but is not an armed or uniformed officer. He is a trained mental health professional and a good one. He has been with the city since October 2025. The position is funded (in part) by a grant from WASPC (Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs.

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark was joined by Port Townsend Chief of Police Tom Olson and Deputy Chief Kamal Sharif to talk about the department’s efforts to achieve WASPC certification. We also discussed the PTPD Strategic Plan. There is a link to the plan on the City’s Police page here: https://cityofpt.us/police. There was also an interesting listener question regarding the role of the PT Police in responding to any possible ICE activity. This is at 17:44 in the recording.

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and cohost Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro were joined by the new Port Townsend Mayor Amy Howard. There was a good question from a listener about how we might improve the dialogue between the city council and their constituents. Taylor also read a portion of Mayor Howard’ web post calling for “listening to one another with curiosity and compassion.” The entire statement is available here: https://cityofpt.us/citycouncil/page/january-2026-message-mayor-amy-howard. John mentioned that Amy is featured in the Association of Washington Cities magazine this month. The article can be found here: https://wacities.org/data-resources/cityvision/articles/2026/01/05/home-run.

KPTZ”s Taylor Clark and co-host Port Townsend CIty Manager John Mauro reviewed the significant achievement of the PT city government in 2025.

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and cohost Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro where joined by Emma Bolin, Director of Planning and Community Development, Council member Owen Rowe, and on zoom, Mayor (also Council member) David Faber. We discussed the final 2025 Comprehensive Plan approval. The final plan will be published here (https://www.pt2045planning.org/get-involved) by December 24, 2025.