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Environmental Services Commission

The City of Tacoma values a close relationship with its community members. That relationship is essential in creating fair, responsive, and cost-effective Environmental Services utility rates and programs.
 
The Environmental Services Commission (ESC) was created to review and make recommendations to the City Council, City Manager, and City staff on wastewater, stormwater, and solid waste rates and rate structures as well as advise the Environmental Services director on services, policies, and programs developed by Environmental Services.
 
The ESC’s 15 members represent a cross-section of Tacoma’s residential, business and regulatory communities. The commission has 13 voting members and two ex-officio non-voting members, all appointed by the city manager. Membership includes representatives from large and small businesses, developers, governmental entities, multifamily residents, single-family residents, regulatory agencies, and other groups.
 
Positions on the ESC are currently available for representatives of:

  • Position #4 Commercial/Business Association

Apply now by completing the Environmental Services Commission application
and returning it esc@cityoftacoma.org.

 

Verbal Public Comment

The public comment period is reserved for items on the current agenda only. Comments will be limited to the amount of time announced by the chair, presiding officer, or staff liaison, no more than five minutes per person per meeting.

Speakers may address the Environmental Service Commission once during the public comment period. The chair, presiding officer, or staff liaison will provide instructions about how to request to speak during public comment.

 

Those attending in person will sign in at the back of the meeting room; those attending remotely will click the ‘Raise Hand’ button or *9 on their phone. The speaker’s name or the last four digits of their phone number will be called out when it is their turn to speak. When it is your turn to speak, please identify yourself and topic(s) on the agenda you will address for the public record. Please address all remarks to the Environmental Services Commission as a whole. You also may provide written comments by following the instructions below.

 

Written Public Comment

Only written comments will be accepted for items on the agenda. Your comments may be submitted to esc@cityoftacoma.org before 12 PM prior to that evening's meeting.

Comments will be compiled and sent to the commissioners and posted as public record on the ESC web page. Please note the posted comments are not edited and will include all content and information submitted, which, for comments submitted as email, will include the email address from which it was sent.

 

Agendas and Presentations

 

2024

Meeting Date Agenda  Presentation Meeting Minutes 
January 11, 2024
Agenda
No Presentation
Minutes
February 8, 2024 

*LOCATION CHANGE

Agenda
Presentations
Minutes
March 14, 2024 
Agenda
Presentations
Minutes
April 11, 2024
 
Agenda
Presentations 
Notes
May 9, 2024
 
Agenda
Presentations
Minutes
June 13, 2024 
Agenda
Presentations
Minutes
July 11, 2024 
 CANCELLED
August 8, 2024
Agenda
Presentations 
 
September 12, 2024
Agenda
Presentations  
 
September 30, 2024 
Special Meeting
Agenda 
No Presentation 
 
October 10, 2024
CANCELLED 
November 14, 2024 
     
December 12, 2024 
     

2023

 

Meeting Date Agenda  Presentation Meeting Minutes 
January 12, 2023
Agenda
No Presentations
Notes
February 9, 2023
 CANCELLED
March 9, 2023
Agenda
Presentation
Minutes 
April 13, 2023
Agenda
Presentation
Minutes 
May 11, 2023

*location change

 
Presentation
Minutes 
June 8, 2023 

*location change

Agenda 
Presentation
Minutes 
July 13, 2023
CANCELLED
August 10, 2023

*location change

Agenda
Presentation
Notes 
September 14, 2023
CANCELLED
October 12, 2023
Agenda 
Presentation
Minutes 
November 11, 2023 
Agenda  
Presentation 
Minutes

2022

Meeting Date Agenda Presentation Meeting Minutes 
 December 8, 2022  Agenda

Zoom Meeting
Passcode: 632751

 
 November 10, 2022 CANCELED
 October 13, 2022  CANCELED

September 2022*

Agenda

Special Meeting Agenda

 Presentation  Minutes
August  2022  Agenda  Presentation  Minutes
July 2022

 Agenda

 Attachment

 Attachment

 Presentation  Minutes
June 2022  Agenda  Presentation  Minutes
May 2022  Agenda  Presentation  
April 2022  Agenda

 Presentation: Part One

 Presentation: Part Two

 Notes 
March 2022  Agenda

 Presentation: Part One

 Presentation: Part Two

 Minutes
February 2022  Agenda  Presentation  Minutes
* Two meetings held in September 2022. The first being a regularly-scheduled ESC meeting on September 8 and the second, a special meeting on September 15. Please see both agendas.

2021

Meeting Date Agenda Presentation Meeting Minutes 
November 2021  Agenda  Presentation  

October 2021

 Agenda

 Presentation

 

June 2021

 Agenda

 Presentation

 

April 2021

 Agenda

 Presentation

 

February 2021

 Agenda

 Presentation

 


Solid Waste Rates

Stormwater Rates

Wastewater Rates

Utility Rates

 

Time and Day

4pm
Second Thursday of the month

 

Location

Center for Urban Waters
326 E D St
Tacoma, WA  98421

 

Additional Information

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Meeting Information
Meetings conducted both in-person & virtually, and are open to the public. 

 

Join via ZOOM

Passcode: 946750

 

Join by phone: 

Meeting ID: 875 2881 1317

 

 

Current Roster
2024 Schedule

By-Laws

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