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Oakland keeps once‑weekly trash service for now as residents raise maggot and fly concerns
Summary
After a Waste Pro presentation, the Town Commission agreed to keep the current once‑per‑week collection contract for another year while staff and the hauler pursue operational fixes for heat‑related maggots, flies and recycling questions raised by residents.
The Town of Oakland will keep its current once‑weekly residential trash collection service for the next year while staff and the contractor pursue operational changes to reduce maggots, flies and other heat‑related problems, Mayor Shane Taylor said at the Sept. meeting.
The decision follows a public presentation by Waste Pro representatives and an extended public comment period in which multiple residents described maggot and fly infestations in their carts during the summer heat and asked for either twice‑weekly pickup or other remedies.
Waste Pro Government Affairs Director Flatlaw said the town’s recycling is being delivered to a sorting facility and that Oakland’s recycling stream is “very, very clean.” Regina Corolla, Waste Pro division manager, told residents: “It is getting recycled.” She also explained that processing charges for recycling vary and have…
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