Members of the City Council and the Public Utility Board are scheduled Aug.14 to hold a joint study session to receive a briefing from Tacoma Power on the status of the Gateway to the Home project, which provides automated meters in primarily residential areas using Click! Network infrastructure. Tacoma Rail is also scheduled Aug. 14 to provide an update on current activities, including the Spirit of Washington Train, Port of Tacoma Freight Operations, new projects and new customers. As a third item on the joint study session agenda, there will be an update on the Classification and Compensation Study from Milliman.

The Council will not take public comment during the noon study session in the Tacoma Municipal Building North, Room 16. CityPost (Channel 21 on Click!, Channel 77 on Comcast) will broadcast the audio portion of the session live. Replays of the study session audio may be heard Wednesdays at 7 p.m. on CityPost (Channel 21 on Click!, Channel 77 on Comcast). On-demand audio archives are available on the Web within 24 hours of the meeting at http://www.tvtacoma.com .