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City Council may toss out big can trash pickup plan A proposed pilot program for large container trash service will return to the City Council agenda Tuesday. But it might stop there. The current garbage contract with Allied Waste expires in October, City Manager John Steelman said in his letter to Council. Allied Waste, the city's current garbage service, wants the city to consider containerized service using a one-man truck in the future. To see how citizens will react, representatives are requesting a still undefined target area be used for a 90-day trial period. A Council committee traveled to Giddings last week to review see how trash pickup with a 95 gallon container and one-man, automated lift truck works. "The system seemed to work fairly well," Steelman said. "However, as we are in the last six months of the contract with AW and we all feel that any change to the current collect process should be withheld until a later date." The El Campo City Council meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in chambers, 315 E. Jackson. The meeting is open to the public with time designated for citizen comments. Other items on Tuesday's agenda include: • Formal acceptance of an ordinance clarifying three street names is anticipated. Council decided last session that the city and area should have Lilly and Olivia streets as well as Franks Stubbs Drive. Each road had variations on names and spellings previously. • A resolution proclaiming April 21 to 27 National Small Business Appreciation Week is anticipated. • The semi-annual financial report will be presented. • Executive or closed door sessions are anticipated to discuss litigation and real estate. The right to vote over recent annexations is the subject of a current lawsuit against the city and, in real estate matters, the city has been negotiating with the Chamber of Commerce on use of its current building. State law allows such sessions to take place out of public scrutiny, but no formal votes can take place before Council returns to open session. |
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