Cornell City Council - Recycling switchover happens at the new year
By Ginna Young
Rising costs necessitated a change in the services used for residential recycling pick-up in Cornell, with a move to GFL, paid for by the city. As the contract end draws near with Waste Management (WM), more information is available to help with that switchover, as was reported Dec. 7, at the regular council meeting.
While residents can still go through WM if they wish for garbage services, GFL is the only one who provides recycling services.
GFL will drop recycling carts off to residences sometime this month, and a notice will be included with the city utility bills.
“There’s a calendar in there that gives the schedule,” said city administrator Dave DeJongh.
When picking up residential recycling, GFL will cover half the town, north of Main Street, one Tuesday, while the other part of town will be the next week.
“They’ll do it every week, it’ll just be half the town,” said DeJongh, adding that garbage through WM will continue to be picked up Thursdays.
All WM recycling bins will need to be set at curbside by Dec. 29, for removal after that date.
Because garbage services are not covered by the city, residents will need to contact GFL if they want to have a trash cart or bag at their residence, or, they can continue with Waste Management.
“If people are going to switch their garbage service, they’ll probably have to let WM know,” said DeJongh.
During the meeting, members approved Resolution 235, authorizing a Northwestern Bank loan of $400,000, to complete upcoming street reconstruction projects.
They also approved a proposal from remaining CDBG Grant money, to purchase sidewalk snow removal equipment for the riverfront trail at Mill Yard Park.
“There’s a one-year, basically a warranty, that says landscaping, any mud slides, will have to be taken care of,” said DeJongh.
After the business portion, it was reported that the city has to continue searching for someone to fill the city shop secretary position.
It was also mentioned that Larry Bakeman, at 900 South Street, requested a variance on the security fence B-1 Business District zoning and was granted the variance by the Board of Zoning Appeals, which will allow for a privacy fence along their north property.
Council members also received a notice from the governor to “Shop Small Wisconsin,” in an effort to promote small businesses, which are the hearts of Main Streets and communities in every corner of the state, and are powerful drivers of local and statewide economies. It’s the hope of the council and governor, that people will patronize their small town businesses this holiday season, to keep the local shops afloat.
