Dec 18, 2001

Pierce County

Pierce County has been awarded a Certificate of Achievement in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association for its financial report. The award is presented to government organizations whose reports communicate clearly and motivate readership "with a spirit of full disclosure." This is the 17th consecutive year the county has received the award.

Tacoma Power

Tacoma Power will assume ownership and operation of Mayfield Lake Park in Lewis County at the request of Pierce County. The 50-acre park is located at the southwest shore of Mayfield Lake. The agreement is part of negotiations for Lewis County's entry into the Cowlitz River Project settlement for a new federal license to operate the project for the next 35-40 years. Tacoma Power also owns and operates Mossyrock Park and Taidnapam Park on Riffe Lake. Gale Bridges, a veteran supervisor at Mossyrock Park will assume the supervisory role at Mayfield Lake Park.

State Finance Committee

The Washington State Finance Committee has awarded a four-year contract to the Bank of New York to be its fiscal agent. The fiscal agent serves as the paying agent to bondholders on bonds issued by the state and its political subdivisions. The Bank of New York held the same contract the previous four years. Wells Fargo Bank of Seattle will continue as co-fiscal agent.

The Seattle Foundation

The Pioneer Square Clinic and the Plymouth Housing Group are recipients of the Seattle Foundation's 2001 Leadership Grant of $100,000. The grant will fund a two-year program to provide podiatry and nursing visits to low-income housing residents in downtown Seattle. The Seattle Foundation, the oldest and largest community foundation in the state, also awarded 58 other nonprofits with fourth-quarter grants, for a total of $1.3 million. Nearly $40 million has been awarded by the foundation this year.

Bullivant Houser Bailey

The law firm of Bullivant Houser Bailey elected eight attorneys to shareholder positions. The new shareholders are: Richard Biriyni, John "Tony" McHugh, Petrea Reilly and Pamela Salgado (Seattle); John Bachofner, Scott Brooksby, and Jay Fountain (Portland); and John Adlard (Vancouver). Appointments are effective Jan. 1, 2002. Bullivant has six West Coast offices in Seattle, Vancouver and Portland as well as Sacramento, San Francisco and Irvine, Calif.

Oregon Steel Mills

Oregon Steel Mills appointed William Swindells chairman of the board. Swindells succeeds Thomas B. Boklund who held the position since 1992 and resigned for personal reasons. Swindells has been a member of the board of directors since 1994 and is currently chairman of the board of Willamette Industries

Nuprecon

Demolition contractor Nuprecon has moved from Redmond into new digs at Snoqualmie Ridge Business Park in Snoqualmie. The company is occupying 18,000 square feet of a 45,000-square-foot building, and has been seeking tenants for the remaining space. Warehouse and dispatch operations will remain in Redmond until a new warehouse is built or leased. Nuprecon also has a regional office in Portland. In addition to demolition, the company operates a concrete cutting and coring division, a hazardous material abatement division and a drop-box recycle service division.

Snyder Roofing

Oregon State University’s Austin Family Business Program recently honored Snyder Roofing & Sheet Metal with the Oregon Family Business of the Year award. Snyder was named Medium Family Business of the Year. The award recognizes firms with 50 to 250 employees. Criteria includes business development, family-to-business linkage, contributions to the community and industry, innovative strategies and practices, succession preparedness and multi-generational family business involvement and longevity. Snyder has offices in Tigard, Ore., and Snohomish.