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Council standardizes trash pickup schedule, approves option to unify north/south routes
Summary
After staff presentations and discussion about yard-waste timing, Lake Clarke Shores council voted unanimously to adopt option 2 to standardize waste collection schedules (moving toward a Monday/Thursday cadence) and directed staff to run a public-education campaign for the change.
Council members voted unanimously to accept staff's recommendation (option 2) to standardize Waste Management's schedule across the town, simplifying several different pickup days into a single, more consistent cadence for residents.
Town staff and council members debated two options, with questions focusing on yard-waste collection and whether moving yard waste to a weekday would conflict with an ordinance that gives residents three days to set out vegetative debris. Council member Bridget Keating and others raised concerns that moving yard-waste pick up could create practical issues; staff said the clamshell truck and separate yard-waste equipment will still run, and that public education will be required. After discussion, a motion to accept option 2 passed unanimously.
