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Weslaco public works outlines truck shortages, maintenance costs and new AI routing system
Summary
Public Works staff told commissioners the sanitation program has grown to roughly 13,000 residential accounts and about 750 commercial accounts, described aging trucks and rising maintenance costs, and demonstrated a newly installed AI camera/routing system that staff say will improve route accuracy and provide mileage, fuel and tonnage data after a trial period.
Nick, a Public Works representative, presented a detailed briefing on the City of Weslaco’s solid waste operations at the workshop, outlining fleet and staffing numbers, maintenance costs and a newly installed routing and camera system intended to improve service accuracy and reporting.
Nick said the city’s residential accounts have risen from about 10,560 in 2021 to roughly 13,000 today, while commercial accounts increased from about 650 to about 750. He described the current fleet as having six commercial trucks and seven residential trucks (two identified as spares) and said drivers average about 150 miles per day on heavy pickup days. “We have not replaced any of the…
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