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Mayor highlights Mardi Gras cleanup, Via transit improvements and smoke alarm blitz; fire department seeks council funding
Summary
Mayor Spiro Cheragadas reported the city collected more than 36,000 pounds of trash during Mardi Gras and praised new transit provider Via for improving on-time performance; the fire chief recognized a city program that has installed over 15,000 smoke alarms since 2017 and asked council members for discretionary funds to expand outreach.
Mayor Spiro Cheragadas used opening remarks at the Feb. 24 council meeting to report on city cleanup efforts after Mardi Gras, the performance of the city's new transit provider Via and to introduce a fire department recognition.
"Between January 30 and February 22, we collected more than 36,000 pounds of trash," the mayor said, adding that the city recycled almost 11,000 pounds of material, including roughly 3,500 pounds of beads…
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