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TDC approves $7,500 for Waterway Warriors barrel program after debate with Keep Brevard Beautiful
Summary
Keep Brevard Beautiful and Waterway Warriors differed over barrel-based roadside trash collection on causeways; TDC members voted to award $7,500 to Waterway Warriors for the barrel program contingent on legal review and county commission approval.
The Brevard County Tourist Development Council voted Oct. 8 to approve funding of $7,500 to support the Waterway Warriors' barrel program along Pineda Causeway while Keep Brevard Beautiful (KBB) and the volunteer group debated the program's merits and operational safety.
The council's unanimous vote followed detailed testimony from both parties about the barrel program's environmental effects, staffing needs and public-use tradeoffs.
Keep Brevard Beautiful, which holds the county's causeway cleaning contract, told the council the organization has moved to remove 35-plus open-top soap barrels from scattered shoreline locations because the barrels attract wildlife, generate biohazard material and require unusually frequent staff handling.
"We have found that this is not a program that aligns with our mission," said John Nico of Keep Brevard Beautiful. "These barrels ... are indicators for people to give more trash in those areas, which is bringing more garbage to the area." KBB's board chair,…
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