SATURDAY AUGUST 29, 2009
12:10 PM

Next week will be a big week in the collection of residential garbage in Wynne. We will fully implement our new automated truck collecting the residential trash in Wynne. This past week we used the new truck, but we sent a crew ahead of the truck and properly placed the carts on the street for collection. If the carts were not placed on the street properly the crew left a note informing the resident that beginning next week if the cart was not properly placed on the street it would not be dumped. This has all been explained in a newspaper type flyer placed on all carts a few weeks ago. I know that there will be some problems, but I think once the residents fully cooperate this system will work very well.

Beginning Monday if the carts are not placed on the street properly it will not be emptied. If the cart is not on the street when the truck goes by the crew will not return later and dump the cart. When the truck is making its rounds, a record will be kept of the location of the carts that are not placed properly and the location and time of households that do not have a cart placed on the street. The day of pickup day has not been changed, but because of the route the truck must operate the time will change for a number of residents. The instructions have been that the cart must be on the street by 7:00 AM.

The new knuckle boom truck operating full time and the old one operating part time has made it possible for the sanitation department to keep up with the volume of trash placed on the street. I hope that using this new system allows us to stay up with the trash placed on the street. If our costs increase very much we will not be able to provide this service for the present rates. The one cost that will probably determine this is the price of fuel. If fuel cost remains at the present level and the tipping fee remains about the same we can continue to offer this service for the present fees collected.

I have started work on the budgets for the city for 2010. I have prepared a memo for the city council members asking for their input. I hope that they will respond to my request if they would like to see changes in our budgets.

This week has been very comfortable. The temperatue has been lower for the past several days. I have enjoyed the cooler temps.

Pat is making good progress recovering from her broken leg. I hope she continues to make improvements and gets back to full strength and use of her leg.


Theda has been very busy putting information on the new web site for the city. We have made all of the changes to the layout of the home screen. From now own we can continue to add information as needed. I think that the public will be pleased with the web site. It should go live for the public next week. I will inform readers of this blog when it is available and the address for website when it is completed.