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Solid Waste staff outline routes, fleet limits, downtown service and plans for organics access
Summary
Lisonbee Heatley, Ann Arbor’s Solid Waste manager, and resource recovery manager Sarah Mason presented an overview of collection operations, contracts and near‑term priorities, telling council that the unit runs roughly 95 unique collection routes each week with about 15 city trucks.
Lisonbee Heatley, Ann Arbor’s Solid Waste manager, and resource recovery manager Sarah Mason presented an overview of collection operations, contracts and near‑term priorities, telling council that the unit runs roughly 95 unique collection routes each week with about 15 city trucks and that different truck types (automated sidearm, front loaders, rear loaders) are not fully interchangeable.
Heatley said the division is funded primarily through the solid‑waste millage, with some Climate Action millage contributions. Staff described challenges including staffing and CDL recruitment, seasonal peaks (leaf…
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