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Council member flags neglected concrete trash cans; staff says city responsible

City Council of South Bend, Washington · June 9, 2026
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Summary

A council member relayed constituent complaints that concrete trash cans behind the library and on Linda's Tahoe Place have not been cleaned and are being used for dog waste; the treasurer said the city is responsible and staff will address it.

A council member (Speaker 4) raised a constituent concern about several concrete trash cans around town that "just haven't been cleaned" and said people were using them as deposit points for dog waste. Locations mentioned included behind the library and on Linda's Tahoe Place. The speaker said they would "give it a mention" to council as a maintenance item.

Treasurer Johnson (Speaker 3) responded that the city is responsible for those receptacles and indicated the issue will be taken care of. The exchange was presented as a council-member concern and a staff acknowledgement rather than a formal action with assigned dates or a work order recorded in the transcript segments.