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BUSINESS ............ 10 Mesa PD taking danger off the streets.
BY TOM SCANLON Tribune Managing Editor
T
he way things are going, perhaps the signs at the Mesa city limits should have a footnote: “Welcome to Mesa: Please Apply Within!” From accountant to water resources officer, the city has scores of openings in nearly every department. And the biggest push for new blood will be made by the police and fire departments. Unlike its counterpart Phoenix – where an assistant police chief said staff shortages may force the department to pass on some calls for a uniformed officer – the Mesa Police Department is close to fully staffed, though that depends on how new recruits work out. But the city is giving the green light to hire even more cops as well as firefighters. According to Sgt. Charles Trapani, Mesa PD
Members of Mesa Police Academy Class No. 49, which graduated Friday, go through workouts. New sales tax projections show the city can support even more police officers and firefighters. (City of Mesa) has 440 civilian staff members of a budgeted total of 493 and 846 officers – 32 more than the budgeted total of 814. “The positions over the budgeted positions
routinely fill vacant positions due to attrition, i.e. retirements, resignations,” Trapani said.
media – to see both bins being dumped in the same city trucks. According to city data, Mesa is recycling only 2.3 percent of what it picks up from residents, far below the current goal of 21 percent – and far lower than the city’s long-term goal of diverting 90 percent of its garbage. Meanwhile, Mesa City Council has approved one massive, carbon-producing industrial project after another. After lining up the likes of Facebook and RagingWire/NTT data centers and sprawling industrial parks that are flipping Mesa’s
desert landscape, the Mesa Economic Development team scored several national awards, including a silver award at the national Economic Development Council conference and two Golden Prospector awards from the Arizona Association for Economic Development. The Tribune asked Jabjiniak if Economic Development factors in energy and water usage, traffic and other environmental factors when negotiating with large employers and developers. He did not respond.
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Mesa struggling to get a climate footing SPORTS ................ 19 Sequoia’s Lily Godwin giving her all on field. COMMUNITY ............................... 13 BUSINESS ..................................... 15 OPINION .. ..................................... 17 SPORTS ........................................ 19 GET OUT ...................................... 21 PUZZLES ...................................... 22 CLASSIFIED ................................. 23 Zone
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BY TOM SCANLON Tribune Managing Editor
P
rince Charles last week urged world leaders at a UN climate change summit to take “a warlike footing.” But while Mesa leaders are sounding battle cries with their Climate Action Plan, their footing seems tentative, if not slipping, as the city's carbon footprint may be expanding. Residents who “try to be green” and separate recycling material from garbage are dumbfounded – expressing disbelief on social
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