Council hears update on Republic trash pickup and multi-unit collection ordinance
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Councilors heard that early missed Republic pickups were caused by a downed wire blocking truck access; staff will bring an ordinance about multi-unit garbage service changing to commercial collection under the new contract.
Councilors received an operational update on the city’s new refuse contractor, Republic, whose contract notes multi-unit collection will transition to commercial service.
An alderman relayed resident billing questions and earlier missed pickups; staff reported the missed pickups were the result of a telephone wire hanging in an alley that prevented trucks from accessing the route. The wire was taken down and the contractor provided small trucks to complete the runs; the chair said the city does not believe the contractor was at fault in that instance.
The chair also said staff will prepare an ordinance addressing multi-unit garbage collection as part of the contract implementation; no ordinance was voted on during this meeting.