City Briefs

May 3 is deadline to apply for vacant council seat

The City of Shelton is accepting applications to fill a vacant seat on the Shelton City Council.

Deputy Mayor Joe Schmit on April 2 announced he is resigning from the council in the middle of his second term.

Applicants must be a registered voter in the city and have continuously resided within the city limits for a minimum of one year to be eligible to fill the vacancy.

The deadline to apply is 1 p.m. May 3. Applications and more information about the appointment process is at the city’s website at http://www.sheltonwa.gov/council/vacancy. Completed applications can be sent by email to City Clerk Donna Nault at [email protected]; mailed to the Shelton Civic Center at 525 West Cota St .; or dropped off at the customer service desk on the second floor of the Shelton Civic Center during regular business hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday except when closed from 1 to 2 p.m., and between 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Friday.

The candidates will be interviewed May 14. The selected applicant will be sworn into office at the May 21 council meeting.

City hosts two free cleanup days

City of Shelton residents can get rid of household garbage and trash for free from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 4 at Callanan Park at 400 West E St., and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 11 at Shelton Outfitters, 707 Cascade Ave.

The city’s code enforcement department is hosting the two community cleanup days.

Items that will not be accepted include air conditioners, furniture, refrigerators, washers and dryers, microwaves, mattresses and box springs, heaters, sinks, toilets, water heaters, wood burning stoves, cabinets, latex paint, TVs, computers, electronics, alkaline batteries, stoves, ranges, dishwashers, freezers, gas heaters, hazardous waste, construction and demolition debris, roofing materials, oil and paint cans, recycling, car parts, tires, furnaces, fireworks, medicines, and ammunition and explosives.

Participants must bring a Shelton utility bill or an identification with an address in the Shelton city limits. For more information, go to http://www.sheltonwa.gov/cleanup2024.