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MEMORANDUM

NOY 27 1978

TO: Mayor and Council November 24th, 1978

FROM: Public Works Committee

Re: Elimination of Cleanup Week
and Amendments to By-law 1426

At the time that Council considered the report on
the closing of Welcher Dump, there was also an implied recom-
mendation that we eliminate the spring and fall cleanup weeks
and instead pick up any cleanup materials throughout the year.
I believe that Council expressed themselves in favour of this
approach but no formal resolution has been passed.

The Public Works Committee feels that if the clean-
up materials are picked up throughout the year, the impact on
our garbage collection will be so small as to be almost negli-
gible. On the other hand, if left to a special week in spring
and fall, the costs are approaching $209,000.00 per year because
of the extra vehicles and man hours required. Furthermore,
the special cleanup weeks encourage people to store their
debris in backyards and lanes. and leads to a less tidy City.

The Committee therefore recommends:

1. That we do away with spring and fall cleanup
weeks and;

2. that we authorize the pickup of cleanup
materials throughout the year.

The second recommendation requires some changes to
our by-law 1426 and Council expressed some concern the last
time that this was discussed that these changes would not open
the door to unlimited commercial and apartment block pickup.

The Committee believes that the following changes to
the by-law will make it possible for us to implement the above
changes and we recommend that the Clerk be authorized to intro-
duce by-law amendments along these lines.

1. The definition of "special wastes" in Section 1
should be changed by deleting the words “household appliances”.

2. An amendment should be made to Section 3 a. to
allow heavy duty plastic qarbage bags to be used as an alternative
to cans for light weight rubbish with the stipulation that light
rubbish does not include wet garbage or food waste.

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