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Cary council approves keeping yard and food waste at downtown convenience center, appropriates $525,000
Summary
At its April 16 work session, Cary Town Council unanimously approved staff’s recommendation to retain yard and food waste service at the downtown Dixon convenience center and to appropriate $525,000 from the general fund to begin design and construction, while removing town items from the North Carolina Railroad right-of-way.
The Cary Town Council voted unanimously April 16 to approve staff’s recommendation to keep yard and food waste services at the town’s downtown convenience center and to appropriate $525,000 from the general fund to a new capital project to carry out the work.
Shelley (staff) told the council the town must remove its materials from the North Carolina Railroad right-of-way to allow a federal CRISI grant project to move forward and that “the cost estimate for that is $175,000.” Staff presented three options: cease public services at the site (only town operations), retain yard and food/organics on the current site with design and construction (staff’s recommended option), or relocate additional services to a new site at an estimated $4–5 million.
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