{"id":151864,"date":"2018-08-24T08:41:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T13:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=151864"},"modified":"2018-08-24T09:58:03","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T14:58:03","slug":"poll-should-jamestown-keep-alley-garbage-pick-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=151864","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Should Jamestown keep alley garbage pick-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the new method of automated pick-up of the garbage containers,\u00a0 the City of Jamestown is considering discontinuing pick-up of garbage &amp; recycling bins in alleys,\u00a0 and moving all residential pickup to the front side street &#8211; curbside pickup only.\u00a0 \u00a0A public open-house will be held to further discuss the ideas.\u00a0 \u00a0There are some alleys that the new collection method just doesn&#8217;t work.\u00a0 \u00a0The possible change is only for homes that currently have alley pick-up.<br \/>\n**********<\/p>\n<p><!-- Begin Poll Code --><STYLE>.ivanC15351202447946{position:absolute;visibility:hidden;}<\/STYLE><DIV CLASS=ivanC15351202447946 ID=ivanI15351202447946><A HREF=http:\/\/freepolls.com CLASS=ivanL_FP TARGET=><\/A><\/DIV><SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript SRC='http:\/\/jamestownusa.freepolls.com\/cgi-bin\/polls\/021\/poll_blank.js?id=ivanI15351202447946'><\/SCRIPT><!-- End Poll Code--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n***********<br \/>\nDiscussion from the Public Works meeting August 23:\u00a0 \u00a0 The committee discussed curbside collection of solid waste in residential areas except in locations where approved by the City Administrator or designee.<\/p>\n<p>Sanitation Foreman, Roger Mayhew has said the new City of Jamestown automated garbage trucks are having a problem picking up the garbage bins, in some the alleys, relative to width restrictions, and in some cases the apparatus has caused damage to structures with the arm of the automated container collector striking a building or utility pole.<\/p>\n<p>He said most paved alleys are wide enough to accommodate the new trucks.<\/p>\n<p>Alley snow removal will continue, if curbside only collection is implemented for residents and allow access for first responders.<\/p>\n<p>City Administrator, Sarah Hellekson has said the automated trucks are saving the city money with labor costs, including staff reductions.<\/p>\n<p>At Thursday\u2019s meeting, Council Member Brubakken said he has heard some concerns from citizens, about curbside collection, only, as has Mayor Heinrich. The Mayor said there may be some areas, where alley collection can be continued, which he says needs to be outlined, before any public meetings are held on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>City Administration Hellekson said an <strong>open house<\/strong> on the topic, with city sanitation and recycling representatives on hand, is anticipated to be held to answer questions.<\/p>\n<p>The committee recommends, the garbage collection routes be studied concerning where alley pickups are still feasible before holding public information meetings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the new method of automated pick-up of the garbage containers,\u00a0 the City of Jamestown is considering discontinuing pick-up of garbage &amp; recycling bins in alleys,\u00a0 and moving all residential pickup to the front side street &#8211; curbside pickup only.\u00a0 \u00a0A public open-house will be held to further discuss the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":151923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151864"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151940,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151864\/revisions\/151940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/151923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}