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Resident complains of missed trash pickups; council approves minutes
Summary
At the Georgetown City Council meeting Jan. 27, 2025, a resident urged the city to act after multiple missed trash pickups by the contracted hauler; the council also approved corrected minutes for December and the Jan. 13 meeting by voice votes.
Jim Bolton, a Georgetown resident, told the City Council on Jan. 27 that he has missed two weeks of curbside trash service this month and urged city action.
Bolton said the contractor skipped the first scheduled week because of snow and later missed his collection day following Martin Luther King Jr. Day. “I lost 2 2 weeks this month on trash pickup. But of course, I pay for it,” Bolton said. He also complained that when garbage falls from the hauler’s vehicle it is being left in the street: “they just leave it laying there in the road.”
The comment came during the meeting’s public comment period. The council did not record a formal response in the transcript provided; no staff report or council direction about the solid-waste contract is recorded in the meeting minutes included in the transcript.
Earlier in the meeting the council handled routine business. On a motion by Mister Stone, seconded by Miss Hambrick, the council approved amended minutes correcting the date of a prior meeting (the minutes will reflect December 9 rather than December 12). Later, a motion by Mister Minkie, seconded by Mister Crisp, approved the minutes from Jan. 13, 2025. Both motions passed by voice vote.
The transcript shows two speakers in public comment on Jan. 27: Bolton, who raised the trash-service concerns, and a separate speaker who described a community Martin Luther King Jr. Day event that drew about 20–25 participants and a program the speaker described as "really good." That latter speaker did not raise policy requests in the record excerpt provided.
The transcript does not specify the hauler’s contract terms, the contractor’s identity beyond Bolton’s references to “Republic” in his remarks, or any city follow-up steps. It also does not record formal complaints filed by residents or reimbursement procedures. Those details were not specified in the meeting record provided.
