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Village updates garbage and recycling ordinance to meet DNR deadline
Summary
The Board approved Ordinance No. 2026-03 creating Chapter 17 (Garbage and Recycling) using a DNR template and a nearby municipality's ordinance as a model; key edits reflected the village's daily seasonal pickup, removed yard-waste schedule and weight limits, and adjusted container placement time to 6:00 AM.
Clerk Atterbury told the Board the Department of Natural Resources requires an updated garbage and recycling ordinance by April 30, 2026. Staff drafted the ordinance using a DNR template with Cassville's ordinance as a geographic model and legal review by Wood Law Office.
Major edits included removing a yard-waste pickup schedule to match the village's daily seasonal collection (May–October, weather permitting), removal of a special assessment paragraph, changing container placement time from 7:00 AM to 6:00 AM to match current collection start times, and removing weight restrictions on containers that were not relevant to Bloomington's equipment. Trustee Morris (transcript spelling "Moris" earlier) asked about clarity for the daily pickup provision and Atterbury confirmed revisions addressed that concern. The Board approved Ordinance No. 2026-03 by unanimous motion.
