Start here if you only have a problem, not a department name. Every link is on tygartmedia.com. Updated August 29, 2026.
I need to…
- Call someone and I do not know who — Civic Desk
- Just moved here — Move-in checklist
- Sign up for emergency alerts or tell TPU from PSE — Alerts and utility split
- Pay or fight a parking / camera ticket — Parking ticket · court hours Municipal Court
- Get a police report or body-cam — Police records
- Find 988, Crystal Judson, or which court takes an order — Safety routing
- Report a fire-code or animal problem — Fire / animal control · license a pet Pet license
- Start or stop power / see an outage — TPU
- Find dump hours or a holiday can — Dump calendar
- Open a shop or pay B&O — Business license
- Pull a permit or ask about a DADU — Permit counter · historic house North Slope
- Find a school or calendar — TPS
- Call UW Tacoma or TCC — UW Tacoma · TCC
- Ride the bus or Link — Transit desk
- Get a library card — Library
- Ask about a pool or park pass — Metro Parks
- Renew tabs or a license — DOL
- Restaurant complaint or clinic — Health
- Ballot or voter reg — Elections
- Property tax, auditor, Superior Court — Pierce County
- DSHS or unemployment — DSHS / ESD
- Call the Port or cargo line — Port desk
Neighborhood
Downtown · North Slope · 6th Ave · Hilltop · Proctor · Stadium · Old Town · Point Ruston / Pearl · Lincoln · South Tacoma Way · Eastside · Dome · McKinley · Fern Hill · Pacific Ave · Narrows · Oakland–Madrona
Hub: Tacoma, Washington.