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Brook Park council discusses enforcement options for illegal dumping at cardboard dumpsters
Summary
Council added a citywide discussion on cardboard dumpsters to the agenda and heard options including relabeling, lids modification, rotating cameras, owner complaints for criminal charges, and the possibility of city-owned containers; no ordinance was adopted.
Council members added to the meeting agenda and then spent much of the session debating how to curb recurring illegal dumping and contamination at cardboard recycling dumpsters located around the city, with several council members, the mayor, the law director and the police chief weighing in on enforcement challenges and possible remedies.
The item is significant for neighborhood cleanliness, volunteer-run programs that sort recyclables, and the municipal costs of sorting contaminated loads. Council members said persistent problems have appeared at sites including the water park and a church that hosts a pantry; volunteers at Audrey's Outreach were named as affected by contaminated dumpsters.
Councilman Troyer introduced the discussion, saying contractors and nonresidents sometimes dump household garbage and construction…
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