Second spring cleaning week approved for May

A second community spring cleaning week will take place from May 1-8, when residents can haul yard waste to dump at the Delano Regional Transfer Station free of charge. 

The Regional Board of Mayors approved the second week of spring cleaning at their Monday meeting.

The spring cleaning event will be self-haul only, with no city pickups of yard waste. 

Having applied for $3,500 in clean air grant money from the Washington State Department of Ecology, the RBOM was approved for $14,000 due to a misunderstanding that they were applying for $3,500 per town for all four towns of Electric City, Grand Coulee, Coulee Dam, and Elmer City. 

Electric City Mayor Diane Kohout explained that after discussing it with Department of Ecology official, a second spring cleaning event was decided on to use some of the additional funds.