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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2012
Vol. CXXIII, No. 230
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF TACOMA Devoted to the Courts, Real Estate, Finance, Industrial Activities, and Publication of Legal Notices
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Tacoma OKs temp hires for garbage collection pilot project Photo Courtesy City of Tacoma Tacoma City Council moved Tacoma closer to every-other-week garbage collection by approving a resolution Tuesday to begin hiring temporary staff to roll out the pilot program. The city is expected to begin phasing in the program beginning in January, with actual changes to customer containers and frequency beginning in March. The pilot project will conclude in March 2014. According to city staff, switching to every-otherweek garbage collection will reduce the cost of the residential garbage collection program by between $900,000 and nearly $1.3 million per year. They also estimate greenhouse gas particulates and toxic air emissions from residential garbage collection will be reduced by as much as 40 percent as a result of reduced diesel exhaust emissions. The plan requires hiring approximately 21 temporary laborers, customer service, supervisory and administrative support personnel to carry out tasks such as exchanging the garbage containers for every residential customer served by Solid Waste Management and working on "knock-and-talk" public outreach teams. City staff estimate the project will cost approximately $1.6 million in operations and maintenance expenses, and an additional $2.2 million in container purchase costs. Tacoma Public Works staff briefed city council's environment and public works committee on the plan during public meetings in January, August, and October. Similarly, city council was briefed on the plan during a study session in May. More information about every-other-week garbage collection in Tacoma is online at cityoftacoma. org/Page.aspx?hid=16803.
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Univ. of Puget Sound Forum offers expert advice for non-proďŹ t grantwriters Photo Courtesy University of Puget Sound Would you like to meet the people whose financial support could help your nonprofit venture achieve its goals? A rare opportunity to talk to representatives from up to 15 of Washington's major grantmaking foundations and organizations will take place at University of Puget Sound (pictured) on Fri., Dec. 7. Grantwriters and other officials from nonprofit groups are invited to come to the 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. session, where they will be able to meet funders including The Boeing Company, Ben B. Cheney Foundation, M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust, The Russell Family Foundation, The Sequoia Foundation, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, U.S. Bancorp Foundation, Bank of America, Safeco, and others. The forum, including a continental breakfast, will take place in Wheelock Student Center on campus. "It is terrific for nonprofits looking for grants to have this chance to meet face to face with some of our local grantmakers," said Jane Kenyon, Puget Sound corporate and foundation relations director. "The inaugural event was a huge success and Puget Sound is delighted to again offer the space to host the
Annual Funders Forum where these conversations can take place." Those attending the forum will choose the four funders they would most like to meet. They will then meet one funder as part of a small group and switch tables every 20 minutes, until they have met all four. Participants will learn about the grantmakers' giving priorities, deadlines, application processes, and contact information. They will also have a chance to ask questions. Space for the event is limited to the first 135 participants. Grantwriters and others interested in corporate and foundation funding can register at grantwriters.org. The event is $50 for members of the Puget Sound Grantwriters Association and $65 for nonmembers. The event is organized by the Puget Sound Grantwriters Association, South Sound branch and by University of Puget Sound's Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations and the Business Services office, led by John Hickey, executive director of community engagement and associate vice president for business services.