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Solid waste division asks for trucks, routes and staff to ease collection pressure
Summary
Solid waste managers presented a plan to add routes, staff and specialized equipment — including a third-party replacement of 300‑gallon carts with 95‑gallon carts — to reduce wear on trucks, cut illegal dumping and improve service frequency.
Solid waste staff told the council they want to add residential and commercial routes, purchase specialized collection vehicles and expand their crew to reduce overwork and operational strain.
The presentation said current round counts exceed recommended stops per route for modern automated trucks, producing excessive wear on mechanical arms and downtime. ‘‘Our trucks should be doing about 700 containers per day; currently we’re doing about…
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