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Fairfax administrator updates: street repaving, waste contract bidding and Halloween safety
Summary
Village Administrator Jenny updated council on ongoing Eleanor street repaving (work paused for rain and to correct curb elevations), a waste-collection contract going out to bid in November, Halloween guidance for Oct. 30–31 and planned extra police patrols for Halloween and Election Day.
Administrator Jenny gave a detailed operations update at the Oct. 19 Village of Fairfax council meeting.
On the 2020 street-repaving project she said work on Eleanor is continuing but paused for rain; incorrectly poured curb sections were removed and will be reworked. A separate crew will begin work at the Red Bank Road–Wooster intersection; the administrator said the contractor notified regular media and that traffic will be maintained, though delays are expected during peak hours.
On solid-waste service, Jenny said the village's current five-year contract with Rumpke expires in March 2021. Draft bid documents for a new collection contract (structured as a three-year contract with two option years and a rate guarantee for the first three years) are being reviewed by the consortium partners; the administrator said bids will be opened in mid-November and communities will review results before a December contract award.
On community health and safety, Jenny reminded residents that Halloween trick-or-treating in Fairfax would occur locally (transcript reference: Oct. 30/31) between 6 and 8 p.m., urged residents not to participate if they preferred and asked volunteers passing out candy to wear masks: "if you do trick or treat and those who do pass out candy, please have your masks on at all time." The Fairfax Police Department will be on patrol.
Lieutenant from the Fairfax Police Department added the department "will have additional patrols out for Halloween" and that a full-day detail is scheduled for Election Day, Nov. 3, with at least one officer dedicated to polling locations to address precinct concerns.
Why it matters: Infrastructure schedules and a forthcoming waste contract affect daily travel, trash service costs and municipal budgets; the Halloween and Election Day policing plans inform public-safety expectations for residents.
What remains unclear from the meeting: exact dollar amounts for the fund transfers in Ordinance 23-20-20 and the final waste-service rates will depend on bids opened in mid-November.
