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Warr Acres council approves financing to switch to polycarts, sets timetable and resident rules
Summary
Council approved financing for 4,365 polycarts and new side-load trucks and a one-axle automated collection truck, agreeing monthly lease payments and a phased implementation that will move the city to once‑a‑week pickup and require address lists and resident education.
Warr Acres city council on June 17 conditionally approved financing to purchase 4,365 95‑gallon polycarts and to lease new collection trucks, setting a timetable for a phased switch from curbside cans to automated carts.
The council approved a 60‑month lease for the carts — a monthly payment shown as $5,430 at 4.89% — and separately approved financing for a side‑loader truck with a monthly payment shown as $7,345 at the same rate. The council also accepted a delivery schedule from the vendor indicating roughly six to eight weeks for cart production once ordered and that the truck is available now but will not operate until carts are in place.
The change will move most residential routes to once‑a‑week automated collection, the city’s public works director said, increasing the number of addresses a truck can serve per day to about 1,400. Public Works Director Mike Schmidt…
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