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West Columbia to shift sanitation crews back to five-day schedule; city promises notices

City of West Columbia City Council · April 8, 2026
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Sanitation director Mark Stanton told council the department will return to four routes worked on five-day, 8-hour shifts beginning the week of April 27 to reduce overtime and keep weekly household garbage and yard trash pickups; residents will receive postcards, app notices, maps and flyers in advance.

Mark Stanton, West Columbia's director of operations, told the City Council that the sanitation department will move from pandemic-era split crews back to a five-day, eight-hour work schedule beginning the week of April 27. The change restores a Monday–Thursday route cadence with Friday used for yard trash…

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