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Smyrna hears options to curb brush pickups after spring surge; staff recommends education and one replacement truck in next budget
Summary
Public Works detailed a surge in residential brush piles that stretched collection cycles; staff proposed buying single-operator brush trucks, charging for oversized piles, or hiring contractors. Council favored education, tagging oversized piles, and bringing back a policy and budget proposal (one replacement truck) after spring.
Tom Rose, Smyrna’s public works director, told the Town Council at its January workshop that the town’s brush-truck service is strained after a spring surge of large piles that pushed pickup cycles out to about 10 weeks. Rose said the town’s rules require residential single piles (no known commercial-cut brush), leaves in biodegradable bags, and limb limits that the mulching facility enforces (he cited a 6-inch diameter/10-foot length practical handling limit from the neighboring mulch facility).
Rose walked council through service history — in 2015 the town served roughly 11,000…
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