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Verona council reviews draft recycling ordinance; asks staff and attorney to reconcile DNR language and contract implications

Verona Common Council · March 24, 2026
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Summary

Council members identified numerous typographical and substantive corrections to a draft ordinance aligning Verona's refuse and recycling code with updated Wisconsin DNR model language, and asked the city attorney and staff to review potential conflicts with the city's collection contract before final action.

Staff presented a proposed repeal-and-replace of the city’s refuse disposal and recycling chapter to align Verona’s code with an updated Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources model ordinance and said the ordinance must be in place by April 30, 2026.

Alder Tucker Long read a lengthy list of corrections and questions — pointing to missing words and potential conflicts on preparation rules for cardboard, glass and plastics — and asked that final approval be subject to attorney…

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