Carrollton to shift trash collection to three-day routes; city advises residents after coyote sightings

City public-works staff told the Carrollton City Council the sanitation program will move from a two-day route to a three-day schedule beginning this week, a change made possible by an automated truck that requires a smaller crew.

"When we go a 3 day schedule, it frees up one entire crew to handle any other issues that we might have, whether it be potholes or trees that have fallen," Mr. Brooks said, and he named subdivisions that will use the automated truck: Farmington, Provincial Park, Morgan Landing, Northpointe Grand, Yellowstone, Stony Brook and Morgan Townhomes. Brooks said door-hanger notices were distributed and the city updated its sanitation webpage and added an application for a "helping hands" program to assist seniors or disabled residents who cannot move their cans to the curb.

Brooks also briefed the council on multiple coyote sightings in subdivisions and city parks, including more-aggressive behavior reported near Longview Park. He said the city contacted the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and hired professional trappers; DNR advised residents to secure trash and pet food, avoid feeding feral cats, and use consistent "hazing" (noise-making) to maintain coyotes' wariness of people. "It could take 3 weeks to a month," Brooks said of trapping efforts, and staff will post the DNR flyer and guidance on the city's social pages.

Brooks and other councilmembers also praised the success of the Fourth of July fireworks display.

City staff did not provide a specific start date for the three-day routes beyond "this week" in the briefing, nor did they give a timeline for trap removals or a budget for the trapping effort.