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Newark council, DPW discuss using clean-communities funds for cameras, signage to curb illegal dumping
Summary
Council members pressed city public works and administration to use clean-communities grant money for signage, multi-language mailings and cameras at dumping hot spots; DPW said it will pursue cameras and multilingual outreach and to coordinate enforcement with code officers and vacant/abandoned property rules.
Council members at a Newark Municipal Council premeeting on Sept. 3 pressed city public works officials for immediate action to stem illegal dumping in neighborhood “hot spots,” and discussed using clean-communities grant money for signage, QR-code outreach and leased cameras.
The discussion came during reports and resolutions when council members from the South, West and East wards described recurring piles of household and construction waste on privately owned lots and city islands, and asked what the city would do to make cleanup and enforcement more sustainable.
“Kareem Medina, interim director of the Department of Public Works, said staff will pursue cameras and a public information push. “We're gonna look to get our own cameras. Right? So we're gonna look to use some of that clean community money to stop littering and illegal dumping and some of those hot spots,” Medina said.
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