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Residents ask Clifton council to act on trash and consider business-district smoking ban
Summary
Resident Robert Ihrig told the council the town parking lot behind his property is filling with trash—especially cigarette butts from nearby business employees—and asked the town to take corrective action; volunteers offered to draft letters to businesses and to work on a trash-management plan.
During the public-comment portion of the meeting, resident Robert Ihrig (12702 Chapel Road) said the town parking lot behind his property is filling with trash, particularly cigarette butts he attributes to employees of nearby businesses, and asked the council to take corrective action. He suggested the council consider whether an ordinance to ban smoking in the business district would help. Ihrig also said the public parking lot likely will need repaving in about ten years and asked that future budgets reflect that need.
Several residents added that trash receptacles in the business district are not being emptied often enough. They recommended the town send a letter to businesses asking them to keep properties free of trash; Kathy Kalinowski volunteered to help Robert Ihrig draft a trash-management plan and a draft letter to businesses. Jennifer Heilmann said she would contact the Art Guild about the frequency of trash-bin emptying, noting an existing agreement between the Town and the Guild concerning trash pickup.
Councilmembers did not vote on an ordinance at the meeting; the comments were recorded during Citizens’ Remarks and will inform possible follow-up by staff and committees.
