Many people do not know that the city recently changed the policy regarding bulk trash pick up.
For the past 4 years, each neighborhood had one day a year to put out all their bulk trash items. This became a ''nightmare'' for the city as the pile became outrageous, people from other cities would add to the piles, and people that ''missed'' the date would continue to put stuff out.
Since there was trash out that presented a ''safety hazard'', the city was forced to respond by picking it up at other times. When neighbors saw that something put out was picked up, they ''assumed'' that was proper proceedure and ''OK''.
We had a hard time convincing the Public Works Refuse Service Department that they needed to notify the property owner and resident when the pick something up, and to let them know they will need to ''bill'' for it if an apointment is not made. The city attorney had a problem with the way Public Works wrote the letter. We also had a hard time conviencing the Code Complience Department to enforce the codes and to notify owners and residents of violations.
The new policy is ''bulk pick up by appointment'', one per utility bill account per year at no cost; extra bulk pick-ups at the city's cost (about $32).
There also are some numbers avalible for recyclable products (appliances...).
But, since people still don't know about the policies, our streets look like a junk yard.
What can we do about it? What are your ideas?
For the past 4 years, each neighborhood had one day a year to put out all their bulk trash items. This became a ''nightmare'' for the city as the pile became outrageous, people from other cities would add to the piles, and people that ''missed'' the date would continue to put stuff out.
Since there was trash out that presented a ''safety hazard'', the city was forced to respond by picking it up at other times. When neighbors saw that something put out was picked up, they ''assumed'' that was proper proceedure and ''OK''.
We had a hard time convincing the Public Works Refuse Service Department that they needed to notify the property owner and resident when the pick something up, and to let them know they will need to ''bill'' for it if an apointment is not made. The city attorney had a problem with the way Public Works wrote the letter. We also had a hard time conviencing the Code Complience Department to enforce the codes and to notify owners and residents of violations.
The new policy is ''bulk pick up by appointment'', one per utility bill account per year at no cost; extra bulk pick-ups at the city's cost (about $32).
There also are some numbers avalible for recyclable products (appliances...).
But, since people still don't know about the policies, our streets look like a junk yard.
What can we do about it? What are your ideas?
