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Residents and city sanitation crew urge council to retain city-run trash service
Summary
At Monday's Elyria City Council meeting, sanitation employees and many residents urged council to keep the city-run sanitation department amid discussions about changing service delivery and possible cost shifts to residents.
Sanitation employees and dozens of residents pressed Elyria City Council on Monday to retain the city’s municipal sanitation service as councilors weigh changes intended to cut costs.
The sanitation representative who addressed council, identified in the meeting as Mr. Small, said his crew handles difficult work starting at 4 a.m. and warned that private contractors would not provide the same scope of services. “They’re not gonna do that,” Mr. Small said, adding that municipal crews collect items other contractors would refuse and that many employees depend…
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