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Warr Acres Council approves mechanized garbage truck, orders 95-gallon carts and tippers
Summary
After a multi-hour budget and operations briefing, the Warr Acres City Council approved leasing an automated side‑loader truck, buying 4,563 95‑gallon poly carts and installing tippers on rear‑loading trucks to move the city toward once‑a‑week mechanized residential collection.
Warr Acres city leaders on May 20 authorized moving the city’s residential sanitation system toward mechanized collection, approving a five‑year lease option for an automated side‑loader truck and separate purchases of 95‑gallon carts and truck tippers.
The discussion centered on reducing operating costs and workforce needs. City staff presented a 2025 sanitation budget overview showing roughly 3,236 active residential accounts and a current monthly fee of $36. “We have approximately 3,236 active accounts,” staff said during the presentation. The staff estimate projects that mechanized collection — with a leased Heil/Mack‑chassis automated side‑loader and roughly 4,500 to 4,563 poly carts — would reduce labor needs and could produce a break‑even monthly sanitation rate closer to about $24 under several assumptions, while leaving the current $36 rate as…
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