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Mayor outlines trash task force, street-sweeping plan, sidewalk bids and local impact of Senate Bill 1
Summary
Mayor Sackville told the Terre Haute City Council the city has launched a trash task force, is creating a consolidated street-sweeping schedule, and saw infrastructure bids come in under estimates; he also briefed council on how recent amendments to Senate Bill 1 could affect local revenue and potentially require a 1.4% local-option income tax to replace lost business personal property tax.
Mayor Sackville updated the council with several operational and policy items during the meeting, including a new trash task force, a consolidated street-sweeping plan, results from recent infrastructure bids, and potential local effects of state legislation known as Senate Bill 1.
On trash, the mayor said the administration audited its 311 responses and created a trash task force integrating code enforcement, the street department, city maintenance and Republic Services to address large items and illegal dumping. He said crews pick up items as well as issue citations and that the task force averages six…
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