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Neighborhood leaders urged to report potholes and illegal dumping as city plans trash vendor change and curbside recycling
Summary
Speakers at the Marion County Alliance meeting highlighted ways residents can report potholes and trash, noted a planned DPW trash vendor change in 2026 and a 2028 start for universal curbside recycling, and warned that community recycling bins were removed at Washington Square because of illegal dumping.
Kathy Burton, president of the Marion County Alliance of Neighborhood Associations (McKenna), and Mina Musa, the mayor’s neighborhood advocate for Area 1, urged residents to report potholes, broken sirens and illegal dumping and described city programs that can assist.
Burton said community recycling dumpsters at Washington Square were removed after frequent illegal dumping — mattresses, TVs and furniture — made the sites unusable for residents who recycle. “If there's too much stuff that gets dumped around there, the big trucks that come to pick them up can't even get to the recycling bins, and you'll end…
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