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Warr Acres council advances plan to switch to polycart trash service; staff to draft ordinance and final fees
Summary
After a lengthy discussion, council directed staff to prepare an ordinance for a citywide conversion to automated polycart pickup, with staff proposing a lower base rate and a schedule for rollout and delivery in November.
Warr Acres — The City Council on Sept. 16 moved toward adopting an automated polycart trash collection system and asked staff to prepare an implementing ordinance and customer notices for council review next month.
Public Works Director Mike Schmidt told the council the city expects about 3,300 households to convert to 95‑gallon polycarts and that the city’s new side‑loader truck can handle roughly 1,000–1,400 carts per day. “It came out to roughly $23 a month as a rough breakeven cost,” Schmidt said while describing the assumptions behind the recommended rates and equipment purchases.
The item matters because the change will reduce collection to one pickup per week (from the current twice‑weekly service), change routes by ward, add new carts owned by the city, and establish fees and rules for extra carts, bulky items and noncompliant setouts.
Schmidt reviewed logistics and costs: carts cost about $65 each to purchase; staff penciled a…
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