City Briefs
Got Graffiti?
| Make a Difference Day
| Seniors, Special Groups Save on Sewer Fees
Food Scraps: Trash or Treasure?
Banana peels, coffee grounds and filters; potato skins, plant clippings and leaves: trash or treasure? By composting, individuals can turn these and other scraps into enriched topsoil. Composting is a fun and easy way to reduce the amount of waste going to the landfill or to the sewage
treatment plant. It takes very little work, just collect food scraps and layer them in a container. Time and heat do the rest.
Get started and purchase a bin at our compost sale from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sat., Oct. 19 at City Hall, sponsored by the City and the Monterey Regional Waste Management District.
Or just stop by the exhibit area near Colton Hall to learn more.
For more info, call the City’s Solid Waste Manager
Angela Brantley at
831.646.5662 or visit www.monterey.org/recycle.
Got Graffiti?
Contact the City Online
Residents using online request forms
Community members have submitted more than 100 concerns via the City’s online service
request form. A majority of the requests were answered and solved within 24 hours. The most reported issues include
potholes, malfunctioning streetlights and abandoned cars. We also receive valuable input regarding our parks and City trees. If you need to submit a service request,
link from the City's Home Page to City Hall. Tell us about illegal dumping, damage to signs, graffiti, dead animals and parking issues. We want to hear from you.
Volunteer Front: Make a Difference Day
Want to support your community? Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 26 – it’s Make a Difference Day, the “national day of doing good.” Volunteers assist with projects designed to keep our community beautiful and our environment healthy. In just a few hours
you can make a constructive, enduring impact. Teens, families and even community groups can volunteer.
To sign up or for more info, call
or email the City’s Volunteer Services at
831.646.3719.
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Seniors, Special Groups Save on Sewer Fees
Some community members may be exempt from paying the 28.1% sewer service fee to the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency
(MRWPCA). Community members who meet the following criteria as defined in Ordinance No. 2730 could be
eligible for a fee exemption.
- 65 years of age or older or disabled; and
- jointly or severally liable for the payment of
the sewer service fee; and
- the sewer services are used only at your
principal place of residence.
For more info or for exemption forms, call the City’s Revenue Office at 646-3944,
or click here for the Finance
Dept.
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