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Town negotiates street‑sweeper visits down to monthly under MPDES permit
Summary
Town staff said they negotiated the MPDES street‑sweeper requirement down to once a month and will coordinate sweep timing with landscaping and yard‑waste pickup days to improve debris removal efficiency.
Heidi Siegel and staff reported that under the town's MPDES permit requirements they had successfully negotiated a lower street‑sweeper frequency for Jupiter Inlet Colony and now plan to run sweepers once per month.
"We got it down to once a month," said a staff member describing negotiations with the contractor and permitting agency. Staff said the contractor agreed to demonstrate that monthly visits would meet reporting requirements and that coordination with landscaping pickup days would help clear leaves and yard waste. Committee members raised practical questions, such as whether sweepers collect nails and how the schedule should align with the town's trash and landscaping pickup days.
Staff assigned follow‑up tasks to check possible Thursday sweeping dates (to avoid conflicts with pickup days) and to confirm contractor reporting on debris collected. The change is tied to the town's MPDES permit conditions and quarterly/annual reporting obligations noted by staff.
