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Shorewood committee debates DPW service levels, recycling and a proposed facility study
Summary
The Strategic Initiatives Committee discussed an itemized DPW service list and debated a proposed $150,000 facility/service-level study. Trustees weighed outsourcing vs. in-house services, in-house recycling, transfer-station feasibility and composting pilots; the committee opted to report the discussion to the Village Board without recommending a full study at this time.
The Strategic Initiatives Committee spent the bulk of its meeting reviewing a service-level listing drawn from a 2020 study and debating next steps for the Department of Public Works (DPW), including whether to commission a separate facility and service-level study estimated in discussion at roughly $150,000. Trustees did not authorize a full study at this time; instead the committee agreed to provide a summary of the discussion to the full Village Board without recommending that the board commission the study immediately.
Staff framed the exercise as a way to distinguish core statutory services (public health and safety) from discretionary "quality-of-life" services such as business-district plantings, beach grooming and urban forestry. On…
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