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DPW briefs council on OCCRA fee, new bulk-pickup scheduling platform and snowplow priorities
Summary
Deputy DPW leadership reported a rise in OCCRA tipping fees and annual residential trash of roughly 33,000–35,000 tons, previewed a new resident-facing bulk-pickup platform to replace behind-the-scenes scheduling, and described snowplow priorities that leave neighborhoods last after emergency routes and mains.
Anne Fordock, first deputy commissioner of Syracuse DPW, told the council the city’s annual agreement with OCCRA includes an increase in the tipping fee this year while the recycling tipping fee remains unchanged. Fordock provided a ballpark annual trash tonnage of roughly 33,000–35,000 tons.
Fordock then presented a new, resident-facing platform to schedule bulky pickups (four…
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