Residents press Live Oak council on trash, railroad crossings, lighting and water-pipe upgrades; volunteer cleanup planned

Residents used the public-comment period at the City of Live Oak City Council meeting to raise a cluster of local quality-of-life concerns — trash collection and dumping, placement of large trash containers, dangerous railroad crossings, insufficient street lighting and potholes — and to push for volunteer and city action.

Linda Williams, who gave an address to the council, focused on trash and access for older or mobility-impaired residents. "Where your trash cans need placed when you get these big garbage fields out there. Are you wanting the front of your place, or are you wanting the back? Older people, how are they gonna bring their trash cans to the front when it's time to pick..." Williams said, urging the council to consider how bin placement would affect disabled or elderly residents.

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