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Sanitation crews manage storm-yard-waste backlog; city resumes recycling after material-recovery upgrades
Summary
Public Services Director James Sutton described a large yard-waste backlog after a storm, temporary operational changes including 7-day crews and follow-up pickups, and staff detailed a new material-recovery facility and transfer station improvements funded in part by federal settlement funds.
Public Services Director James Sutton told council that sanitation crews began regular residential yard-waste collection last week but encountered a backlog because storm debris and accumulated yard waste created oversized mixed piles at residences.
Sutton said crews will continue working seven days a week through July, that staff will take portions of oversized piles and leave door notices for customers, and that crews may return later in the week to complete pickup. He asked residents to separate leaves, limbs and metal to speed collection.
Sutton also reviewed long-term sanitation infrastructure: after a 2021 fire at the material-recovery facility, the city used insurance proceeds and other funding to modernize the recycling operation. City staff bought used equipment and installed a ballistic separator to reduce manual sorting and resume a curbside recycling program. The transfer station opened recently; staff said it was funded with Department of Energy plutonium-settlement funds ($2 million cited by staff) and will help defray disposal costs for residents.
