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Residents and council debate curb-side trash timing and paper-bag yard-waste option
Summary
Council and residents discussed a proposed rule to prevent leaving trash cans at the curb permanently, debated time windows for placement and removal, and explored requiring paper yard-waste bags to avoid staff opening plastic bags at the compost site.
Council members and residents discussed proposed language intended to keep trash containers from being stored permanently in public view and to clarify timing for bringing cans to the curb.
Residents raised practical concerns about work schedules and mobility constraints; one suggestion was to remove the rigid 5:00 p.m. rule and instead require cans be removed by 8:00 p.m. or within 24 hours after pickup. The council said the "intent is to get it off the street," but members agreed to refine wording to encompass residents with different schedules and physical limitations and to revisit at the second reading.
Gary England, regional manager with Round Key, urged contract wording requiring containers be removed from the curb back to the residence after service. Several residents and council members supported language that focuses on removing cans from the curb after pickup rather than insisting on placement behind every home.
On yard waste and the compost site, staff noted the village compost/brush dump is an EPA-approved facility where plastic bags are not allowed; employees spend time opening plastic bags with box cutters to empty yard waste. Staff proposed supplying or requiring paper yard-waste bags so crews would not need to open bags on-site. A staff member estimated the village could supply paper bags ("it may cost a dollar a bag") and that change would save staff labor and reduce exposure to decaying material.
Council agreed to take the trash-can and yard-waste wording under advisement and to return with adjusted contract language and proposed ordinance language at the next meeting.
