Tucson NewsNet Daily Digest - A Service of the City of Tucson
RETURN YOUR BALLOT IN PERSON FOR NEXT WEEK'S CITY OF TUCSON SPECIAL ELECTION - If you missed yesterday's, March 5, deadline to mail back your completed ballot for the Tuesday, March 11, City of Tucson special election, you can drop it off at a number of locations between now and election day (follow City Clerk's link below). City voters are being asked to consider a new, temporary half-cent sales tax for the next 10 years to fund a safer and more vibrant Tucson. If the proposition is approved, the City’s sales tax rate would increase to 3.1% and generate a projected $800 million over that period. The revenue generated would be split into five categories, with 65.75% of the funding allocated to public safety investments and 34.25% allocated to community resiliency investments.
Proposition 414
Voting/drop-off locations
Tucson City Clerk elections
COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS HELP TUCSON POLICE DEPARTMENT (VIDEO) - The City of Tucson is focused on putting the right work in the right hands, and one way is through hiring community service officers (CSOs) at the Tucson Police Department (TPD) to help residents in a timely fashion. CSOs respond to things like traffic collisions and burglaries to allow officers to respond to violent calls in progress. Watch the video linked below to learn more about the job.
Watch the video
TPD Recruiting
HHW/SHREDDING EVENT THIS WEEKEND - The City of Tucson's Environmental Services Department (ESD) is hosting its monthly Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Event this Saturday, March 8, from 8 a.m.-noon, at Pima Community College West, 2202 W. Anklam Road. City residents can drop off HHW, including paint (not dried), batteries, electronic waste, fluorescent lamps and bulbs, paper documents for shredding (limit three boxes), recyclables, cleaning products, pool chemicals, and glass bottles and jars at no charge. Unknown chemicals will not be accepted. The event is free for City of Tucson residents with proof of address. Residents from Marana, Oro Valley, Sahuarita, and unincorporated Pima County will be charged a $10 fee to drop off materials. ESD hosts HHW collection events on the second Saturday of each month in different areas across Tucson. Follow the links below for more information.
HHW accepted materials list
HHW collection schedule
Environmental Services
USE TUCSON 311 APP TO REPORT NON-EMERGENCY ISSUES - Do you have a concern about a pothole, a park issue, missed trash or recycling collection, an abandoned building, nuisance property, water waste, graffiti, or just need to know which City department handles a particular issue? If so, there's a one-stop shop for these types of reports and others. Download and use the Tucson 311 app, the 311 Service Request Portal via the City of Tucson website, or call 311.
Tucson 311 Service Request Portal and download links
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