Anchorage’s director of Solid Waste Services, Dan Zipay, resigned, according to the mayor’s office. Mayor Dave Bronson ghas selected longtime Solid Waste Services staff member Evalu Filitaula as acting director, effective immediately, according to the mayor’s office. “Mr. Filitaula has been with SWS since 2005, and most recently worked as the General Foreman for the utility. The search for a permanent director will begin immediately,” the mayor’s office said.
The announcement came the day after Bronson’s office suddenly announced the resignation of Adam Trombley, who had been chief of staff to the mayor. Bronson appointed Zipay in August 2021 to replace Solid Waste Services’ previous director, Mark Spafford.
Zipay oversaw the city’s garbage collection, disposal, landfill, recycling and composting and other services. Zipay owns Anchorage commercial trucking company Alaska Pro Truck and is the founder and former president and CEO of Alaska Waste, an Anchorage-based waste collection company, which he sold in 2009, according to the mayor’s office.