Put your garbage out, it will be picked up
This just in from City Manager Pedro Hernandez about the garbage pick up issue:
Per my discussion with the Mayor, I will be recommending at the September 25th budget hearing that the City of Miami continue its long standing practice of providing weekly curbside bulky waste pickup. The Fiscal Year 2008-2009 budget has been adjusted to accommodate continuing the weekly trash pickup as part of the increased Solid Waste Fee revenues.
During the next couple of months, we will be conducting a through review of our solid waste services, including bulky waste and recycling, in order to provide the Commission with a comprehensive report describing various service alternatives. A recommendation will then be presented to the Commission taking into account the needs of the residents in the various neighborhoods of the City as well as the associated costs or savings.
Consequently, there will be no changes to our current collection schedule until the studies are completed and a plan is presented to the Commission for their consideration and approval.
Pedro G. Hernandez, P.E.
City Manager
Per my discussion with the Mayor, I will be recommending at the September 25th budget hearing that the City of Miami continue its long standing practice of providing weekly curbside bulky waste pickup. The Fiscal Year 2008-2009 budget has been adjusted to accommodate continuing the weekly trash pickup as part of the increased Solid Waste Fee revenues.
During the next couple of months, we will be conducting a through review of our solid waste services, including bulky waste and recycling, in order to provide the Commission with a comprehensive report describing various service alternatives. A recommendation will then be presented to the Commission taking into account the needs of the residents in the various neighborhoods of the City as well as the associated costs or savings.
Consequently, there will be no changes to our current collection schedule until the studies are completed and a plan is presented to the Commission for their consideration and approval.
Pedro G. Hernandez, P.E.
City Manager
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3 Comments:
ill tell you that a lot of people wrote in, and I think that for a change, us Groveites actually may have made a difference. Its a good feeling when the community comes together and succeeds.
Pls write and thank the City Manager and our Commissioner for this decision
pgh@miamigov.com msarnoff@miamigov.com
Sue McConnell
It's great that they will now study the issue. Hopefully, they will propose a solid waste program that has us separating our landscape materials and the establishment of a composting facility so we can extract value from this natural resource. Additionally, strategically located drop-off sites (perhaps a back corner of the parking lots of our fire stations) for recyclable and toxic materials would be a great addition to our solid waste alternatives. The most important would be a statement to reduce our solid waste stream by 1/2 by the year 2012 as cities like Seattle, San Francisco and Portland have already pledged to do! Remember the three R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
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