TRASH RATES | Increases are on the way for this Susquehanna Valley city

Trash rates will be going up in York

Updated: 12:46 PM EST Mar 5, 2025

WGAL. UPPER LEACOCK TOWNSHIP. WE SUFFERED THE WORST INFLATION IN 48 YEARS. GOUGE. PERHAPS YOU’VE HEARD OF IT. PERHAPS. WHICH IS HEADED BY ELON MUSK. AND WHATEVER THEY TARIFF US, OTHER COUNTRIES, WE WILL TARIFF THEM. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M SUSAN SHAPIRO IN A FIERY SPEECH TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS. PRESIDENT TRUMP DESCRIBED THE FIRST 43 DAYS OF HIS SECOND TERM AS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN HISTORY. HE RECOUNTED WHAT HE CALLED HIS ADMINISTRATION’S SWIFT AND UNRELENTING ACTION, INCLUDING SLASHING THE SIZE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND IMPOSING NEW TARIFFS. DEMOCRATS PROTESTED DURING THE SPEECH. NBC’S ALICE BARR HAS MORE FROM WASHINGTON. STANDING IN THE U.S. CAPITOL, WHERE HE WAS SWORN INTO OFFICE JUST SIX WEEKS AGO, PRESIDENT TRUMP, TOUTING HIS ADMINISTRATION’S RAPID PACE OF CHANGE. AND WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED. DEFENDING HIS NEW TARIFFS ON CANADA, MEXICO AND CHINA. TARIFFS ARE ABOUT MAKING AMERICA RICH AGAIN. DESPITE STOCK MARKET DROPS AMID CONCERNS ABOUT A TRADE WAR, FURTHER HIKING PRICES. THEY’LL BE A LITTLE DISTURBANCE. BUT WE’RE OKAY WITH THAT. IT WON’T BE MUCH. HE PRAISED ELON MUSK. HE’S WORKING VERY HARD AND THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY FOR SLASHING THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT. EVEN AS DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS INVITED FIRED FEDERAL WORKERS AS THEIR GUESTS FOR THE SPEECH IN THE DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE, MICHIGAN SENATOR ELISSA SLOTKIN CAST CUTS TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES AS A MEANS TO DELIVER TAX BREAKS TO THE WEALTHY. GROCERY AND HOME PRICES ARE GOING UP, NOT DOWN, AND HE HASN’T LAID OUT A CREDIBLE PLAN TO DEAL WITH EITHER OF THOSE ANY FURTHER. AND TEXAS DEMOCRAT AL GREEN WAS ESCORTED OUT AFTER VOCALLY OBJECTING TO PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLING HIS ELECTION VICTORY A MANDATE ON IMMIGRATION. THE PRESIDENT ASKING CONGRESS FOR MORE FUNDING FOR MASS DEPORTATIONS AND BORDER SECURITY, WHILE NEEDLING DEMOCRATS WHO WANTED NEW LEGISLATION TO SECURE THE BORDER. IT TURNED OUT THAT ALL WE REALLY NEEDED WAS A NEW PRESIDENT. LOOKING TO RUSSIA’S WAR ON UKRAINE, HE ANNOUNCED UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY HAD REACHED OUT FOLLOWING THEIR OVAL OFFICE CLASH THAT LED TO A FREEZE ON MILITARY AID TO UKRAINE. I’M ALSO WORKING TIRELESSLY TO END THE SAVAGE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE. IN A SOMETIMES COMBATIVE SPEECH, PRESIDENT TRUMP PROMISING TO KEEP SHAKING UP THE GOVERNMENT. IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC NEWS. PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL NOT TOUR THE COUNTRY FOLLOWING HIS ADDRESS, AS PRESIDENTS OFTEN DO. MEMBERS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE, DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH AND DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TULSI GABBARD, WILL VISIT THE SOUTHERN BORDER IN TEXAS. GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO IS SHARING HIS THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS LAST NIGHT, AND HE MADE A JOB PITCH TO RECENTLY LAID OFF FEDERAL WORKERS. NEWS EIGHT’S TOM LEHMAN JOINS US LIVE FROM THE FARM SHOW COMPLEX IN HARRISBURG. YES, SUSAN, RIGHT NOW THERE’S A COMMONWEALTH JOB FAIR THAT’S HAPPENING HERE AT THE FARM SHOW COMPLEX IN HARRISBURG. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE STATE IS TRYING TO HIRE SOME OF THE THOUSANDS OF VACANT JOBS THAT ARE IN PENNSYLVANIA RIGHT NOW. AND THE GOVERNOR ESSENTIALLY TOLD FEDERAL WORKERS WHO MAY HAVE LOST THEIR JOB THAT THE COMMONWEALTH MIGHT HAVE A VERY SIMILAR JOB FOR THEM HERE. SHAPIRO ALSO SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DIRECTING HIS OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION TO ACCEPT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE AS EQUIVALENT TO COMMONWEALTH WORK EXPERIENCE FOR CIVIL SERVICE ROLES, ESSENTIALLY MAKING IT EASIER TO HAVE PEOPLE APPLY FOR THOSE JOBS IF THEY HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE WHILE WORKING IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SHAPIRO SAID IT’S A TANGIBLE RESPONSE TO ACTIONS BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. I ALSO ASKED HIM WHAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SPEECH LAST NIGHT. I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT THAT A PRESIDENT ADDRESS THE NATION. I ALSO THINK IT’S IMPORTANT THAT A PRESIDENT TELL THE TRUTH, WHICH WE DIDN’T HEAR A WHOLE LOT OF TRUTH TELLING LAST NIGHT. BUT BEYOND THE SORT OF RHETORIC AND THE SHOWMANSHIP, I’M REALLY FAR MORE FOCUSED ON THE CONCRETE THINGS THIS ADMINISTRATION DOES EVERY DAY. SHAPIRO ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE NEGATIVE IMPACT. HE SAID PENNSYLVANIANS WOULD SUFFER DUE TO THE TRADE WAR AND SOME OF THE TARIFFS THAT WERE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY. WE’LL HAVE MORE COVERAGE COMING UP LATER ON THE IMPACT OF FEDERAL JOBS. BUT FOR NOW, IN HARRISBURG, TOM LEHMAN, NEWS 8 REPRESENTATIVE LLOYD SMUCKER, WHOSE DISTRICT COVERS LANCASTER AND PARTS OF YORK COUNTIES, REACTED TO THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH. THE REPUBLICAN TALKED ABOUT HOW THE PRESIDENT PROPOSED ECONOMIC POLICIES AND TARIFFS COULD AFFECT HIS CONSTITUENTS. WE’VE SEEN THE CRUSHING IMPACT OF INFLATION AFTER YEARS OF THE BIDEN POLICIES. AND I THINK WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO SEE IS POLICIES THAT WILL CONTINUE TO TO IMPROVE THIS ECONOMY, CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICANS. POLICIES THAT ARE GOING TO KEEP MORE MONEY IN INDIVIDUALS POCKETS. THE LAST THING. AND REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT PERRY ALSO REACTED TO THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH. THE REPUBLICAN REPRESENTS THE 10TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES DAUPHIN COUNTY AS WELL AS PARTS OF CUMBERLAND AND YORK COUNTIES. PERRY SAID THE PRESIDENT OWNED THE ROOM, CALLING HIS ADDRESS A KNOCKOUT, AND HE PRAISED THE NEW TARIFFS. MANY COUNTRIES DON’T EVEN ALLOW US TO OPERATE IN THEIR MARKETS. WE’RE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO SELL CERTAIN GOODS INTO THEIR MARKETS. AND I THINK THAT AMERICANS SAY, WELL, HOW IS THAT FAIR? THE PRESIDENT IS LEVELING THIS FAIRNESS PLAYING FIELD. HE WANTS TO BRING THESE INDUSTRIES BACK, INCENTIVIZING THEM THAT WANT TO COME BACK, BUT ALSO PUNISHING THE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN PUNISHING US FOR DECADES. AND PERRY SAYS THE PRESIDENT IS DEFENDING THE U.S. BY IMPOSING THE TARIFFS. REPRESENTATIVE JOHN JOYCE, WHO REPRESENTS ALL OF ADAMS, FRANKLIN, JUNIATA, MIFFLIN AND PERRY COUNTIES, WROTE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SHARED A BOLD VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION. HE WENT ON TO SAY, UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S LEADERSHIP, THE U.S. WILL RETURN TO BEING A NATION OF PROSPERITY AND SECURITY AGAIN. COMMERCE SECRETARY HOWARD LUTNICK SAID ON FOX BUSINESS THAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP COULD UNVEIL POTENTIAL TRADE DEALS WITH MEXICO AND CANADA. A SOURCE SAYS TRUMP AND THE CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER ARE TALKING TODAY. LUTNICK SAYS THE DEALS PROBABLY WON’T MEAN PAUSING THE 25% TARIFFS ON MEXICAN AND NEARLY ALL CANADIAN GOODS THAT STARTED YESTERDAY. SOME BUSINESSES SAY THEY’LL HAVE TO RAISE PRICES DUE TO THOSE TARIFFS, AND A NOW 20% DUTY ON CHINESE IMPORTS. THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO SAYS SHE WILL ANNOUNCE RETALIATORY MEASURES ON SUNDAY. CANADA HAS IMPOSED A 25% TARIFF ON SOME U.S. GOODS AND PLANS TO INCLUDE MORE LATER. AND SOME BUSINESSES IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY EXPECT TO SOON FEEL THE EFFECTS OF TARIFFS THAT ARE IN EFFECT ON GOODS FROM CANADA AND MEXICO. NEWS EIGHT’S JAKE REYES SPOKE WITH A MECHANIC IN EPHRATA, LANCASTER COUNTY, WHO SAYS HE’LL HAVE TO PAY MORE FOR CAR PARTS. GRAHAM’S AUTO SALES AND SERVICE TYPICALLY PAYS AROUND $80 FOR THIS BRAKE ROTOR, BUT WITH THE NEW TARIFFS, THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO START PAYING AS MUCH AS 20% MORE IN PRICE. AND I DO HAVE THE OWNER JOINING ME RIGHT NOW, TREVOR. GRAHAM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. WHAT’S REALLY DRIVING THIS INCREASE IN COST? YEAH. SO EVERYTHING METAL WISE SUSPENSION PARTS, BRAKE PARTS IS MADE IN CHINA. SO WITH THE NEW TARIFFS THAT’S GOING TO BE INCREASING OUR PRICING. YEAH. SO I KNOW YOU’RE ALSO WORKING ON A CAMARO RIGHT NOW. THIS IS A CHEVROLET BRAND CAR. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW CHEVROLET CARS AND PARTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT COULD ALSO BE AFFECTED OVER HERE WITH THE TARIFFS. WHY IS THAT. BECAUSE MOST OF YOUR CHEVY PARTS ARE MADE IN MEXICO. SO AGAIN THOSE TARIFFS ARE GOING TO BE INFRINGED ON THOSE. SO AGAIN CHEVY PARTS WILL BE GOING UP AS WELL. AND HOW WILL YOU BE COMPENSATING FOR ALL OF THIS. WELL UNFORTUNATELY YOU KNOW LABOR RATES ARE GOING TO STAY THE SAME. BUT WHATEVER INCREASE IS IS COMING ALONG WILL HAVE TO BE PASSED ON TO THE CUSTOMER. YEAH. SO AND ALSO I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE WHAT’S YOUR FEELING AFTER ALL THESE INCREASES IN PRICES THAT NOT ONLY YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR, BUT ALSO YOUR CUSTOMERS AS WELL? CORRECT. SO I’M HOPING THE OUTCOME OF THIS IS THAT WE ARE STARTING TO BUILD THESE PARTS HERE IN THE US. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON’T HAVE A LOT OF CHOICES. WE ARE DEPENDENT ON CHINA. SO WE START MAKING THESE PARTS HERE IN THE US BETTER QUALITY AGAIN, HOPING PRICES WILL COME DOWN. ALL RIGHT TREVOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND GRAHAM’S AUTO SALES AND SERVICE WILL START INCREASING THE PRICES OF THEIR SERVICES WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS. REPORTING IN EPHRATA, JAKE REYES WGAL NEWS EIGHT. IT IS A RAINY, WINDY DAY HERE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AS WE LOOK LIVE FROM OUR SKYCAM NETWORK, WE CAN SEE THE RAINDROPS ON THE CAMERA LENS. METEOROLOGIST ETHAN HUSTON JOINS ME NOW WITH MORE ON THE FORECAST. ETHAN, IT IS AN IMPACT DAY. SUSAN. BECAUSE THAT RAINFALL COULD BE INTENSE AND THOSE WINDS COULD BE STRONG AT TIMES. WE MAY SEE A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS THROWN IN THE MIX AS WE GO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NOW THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE STRONGER WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BETWEEN NOW AND 5:00. BUT AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION, A FEW OF THEM WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 6 AND 11:00. WE’RE TALKING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50MPH. AND WHEN YOU ADD IT ALL UP, I THINK IT’S A SOAKING RAIN FOR MUCH OF THE VALLEY, PICKING UP HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH OF RAIN. SO IF WE GET THE WINDS TO BE STRONG ENOUGH, WE COULD BE BRINGING DOWN SOME TREES. WE COULD SEE SOME SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES, PONDING WATER ON SOME ROADWAYS, AND SOME CREEK AND STREAM FLOODING. RIGHT NOW IN YORK YOU ARE GETTING A SOAKING RAIN. IT’S 57 DEGREES. BUT LOOK AT THE WINDS NOW GUSTING TO 40MPH. LIVE LOCAL EIGHT RADAR IS ALL LIT UP. YOU CAN SEE THAT WIDESPREAD RAIN AND EMBEDDED HEAVY RAIN IN SPOTS. BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO MONITOR IS THAT LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OFF DOWN TO OUR SOUTHWEST OVER WESTERN VIRGINIA AND THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. SO STAY ON GUARD AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 60 DEGREES. FINALLY, THE WEATHER WILL START TO DRY OUT AS WE GET PAST MIDNIGHT, BUT THE WINDS, THEY’RE STAYING UP THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW AND ON INTO FRIDAY. I’LL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. THANKS, ETHAN. A PENNSYLVANIA STATE TROOPER IS CHARGED WITH FELONY INTIMIDATION OF A WITNESS STALKING AND LOITERING. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND STATE POLICE SAY CHRISTOPHER YOUNG REPEATEDLY CALLED AND TEXTED A POTENTIAL WITNESS IN A CHILD ABUSE INVESTIGATION THAT IS ONGOING. INVESTIGATORS SAY YOUNG WAS ALSO ARMED WITH A GUN AND A KNIFE IN A WOODED AREA BEHIND THE WITNESS’S HOUSE IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. YOUNG IS CURRENTLY SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY. A MARYLAND MAN IS CHARGED WITH RAPING A WOMAN LAST YEAR AT A HOTEL IN NEW CUMBERLAND. FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP POLICE SAY MARK ANTHONY SMITH OF FREDERICK, MARYLAND, STRANGLED AND FORCIBLY RAPED THE WOMAN WHO HE KNEW ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2024, AT A HOTEL ON COMMERCE DRIVE. POLICE ARRESTED THE 37 YEAR OLD ON FEBRUARY 24TH AND JONAH SCOTT GRIMM IS ALSO CHARGED WITH RAPING A WOMAN ON FEBRUARY 20TH OF THIS YEAR AT A HOTEL ON COMMERCE DRIVE IN NEW CUMBERLAND. THE 21 YEAR OLD IS CHARGED WITH RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. A LIVE MILITARY ORDNANCE WAS DISCOVERED YESTERDAY IN A GARAGE IN LANCASTER, FORCING EVACUATIONS IN THE AREA. LANCASTER POLICE SAY A LANDLORD FOUND THE DEVICE WHILE CLEANING OUT A GARAGE IN AN ALLEY NEAR THIRD STREET AND SOUTHWEST END AVENUE. AFTER A PERSON HAD MOVED OUT OF THE HOME, A STATE POLICE BOMB SQUAD AND AN AIR FORCE EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL TEAM REMOVED THE DEVICE. STREETS IN THE AREA WERE BLOCKED OFF DURING THE REMOVAL. WE HAVE OLD, OLDER PEOPLE THAT LIVE OVER HERE. WE HAVE THE KIDS THAT LIVE OVER HERE. THE SCHOOL’S LIKE RIGHT UP THE STREET. AND YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE WORK FROM HOME. SO THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE HOME DURING THE DAY. BUT IT WAS VERY SCARY. WE WERE REALLY CONCERNED. THE ACTION ON THIRD STREET WAS CLEARED AFTER A FEW HOURS. EVERYONE WAS REPORTED TO BE SAFE. THE CAUSE OF A DEADLY FIRE YESTERDAY IN YORK COUNTY HAS STILL NOT BEEN RELEASED. SMOKE FROM THE FIRE COULD BE SEEN FOR MILES IN YORK COUNTY. WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED, FLAMES WERE SHOOTING OUT OF THE WINDOWS AND DOORS OF THE HOME ON RIVER DRIVE IN HELLAM TOWNSHIP HAD A HEAD START ON US. MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO GET UNDER CONTROL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. I WAS VERY INTENSE FIRE. I MEAN, FROM THE PICTURE. YES. THAT WAS IT WAS TOTALLY ENGULFED. THE YORK COUNTY CORONER SAYS THE VICTIM, A MAN IN HIS 60S, IS TOO BADLY BURNED TO IDENTIFY. THEY’LL HAVE TO USE DENTAL RECORDS TO CONFIRM HIS IDENTITY. NEIGHBORS SAY HE USED COAL OR WOOD TO HEAT THE OLD HOME. HARRISBURG POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER FIVE STUDENTS AT THE SCI-TECH CAMPUS GOT SICK, POSSIBLY FROM GUMMIES. THE SCHOOL WAS ON A BRIEF LOCKDOWN WHILE ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF RESPONDED. NO ONE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. IN A STATEMENT, THE DISTRICT SAYS THE HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK THE SUPPORT AND COOPERATION OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO HELP ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS. A LANCASTER COUNTY WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING HER SISTER AND THROWING TWO DEAD FOXES INTO HER SISTER’S YARD AFTER A FIGHT. NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY REGIONAL POLICE SAY THE VICTIM TOLD THEM HER SISTER, 42 YEAR OLD JESSICA GARDNER, GRABBED HER BY THE NECK AND PUSHED HER TO THE GROUND AND THEN HIT HER IN THE FACE ON FEBRUARY 26TH ON MIDDLE CREEK ROAD IN CLAY TOWNSHIP. THE VICTIM SAYS GARDNER THEN LEFT AND RETURNED WITH THE DEAD ANIMALS. SENATOR DAN LAUGHLIN OF ERIE WANTS TO REPEAL THE SUNDAY HUNTING BAN AND TRANSFER FULL AUTHORITY OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT DECISIONS TO THE GAME COMMISSION. SENATOR LAUGHLIN INTRODUCED A BILL. HE SAYS THE FARM BUREAU SUPPORTS. LAUGHLIN SAYS THE SUNDAY HUNTING BAN IS ONE OF THE LAST REMNANTS OF OUR STATE’S ANTIQUATED BLUE LAWS. THE PRESIDENT OF THE FARM BUREAU SAYS THE LEGISLATION WAS DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION COLLABORATION WITH THE WILDLIFE GROUPS AND THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE WILDL

Trash rates will be going up in York

Updated: 12:46 PM EST Mar 5, 2025

The cost of trash service will be going up in the City of York. The city released a statement Wednesday providing the following estimates, showing how much more customers will likely pay:RESIDENTIAL INCREASE | $18.14 per month.COMMERCIAL INCREASE | $36.28 per month.The city says some smaller costs are still being worked on. Why are prices going up?The city’s trash contract will expire at the end of April.The city sought bids, but only received one, which is from the current provider Goods Disposal Service. The proposed a 66% increase.”Facing the dilemma of greatly increased expenses for residents and businesses, the City of York has sought to find a way to reduce this increase by rebidding a contract for the City’s dumpsters, and of much more importance, bringing the emptying of street garbage containers and our large item pickup process in-house,” a statement from the city said. “Customer service will be greatly improved with City of York staff trained and dedicated specifically to these tasks. There will be no more difficulty in scheduling large item pickup with a third party, and our public containers can be attended to directly after events, eliminating the issue of weekends where the cans are overflowing.”City officials said they wish this were not the case, but they need to have service in place by May 1.

YORK, Pa. —

The cost of trash service will be going up in the City of York.

The city released a statement Wednesday providing the following estimates, showing how much more customers will likely pay:

RESIDENTIAL INCREASE | $18.14 per month.

COMMERCIAL INCREASE | $36.28 per month.

The city says some smaller costs are still being worked on.

Why are prices going up?

The city’s trash contract will expire at the end of April.

The city sought bids, but only received one, which is from the current provider Goods Disposal Service. The proposed a 66% increase.

“Facing the dilemma of greatly increased expenses for residents and businesses, the City of York has sought to find a way to reduce this increase by rebidding a contract for the City’s dumpsters, and of much more importance, bringing the emptying of street garbage containers and our large item pickup process in-house,” a statement from the city said. “Customer service will be greatly improved with City of York staff trained and dedicated specifically to these tasks. There will be no more difficulty in scheduling large item pickup with a third party, and our public containers can be attended to directly after events, eliminating the issue of weekends where the cans are overflowing.”

City officials said they wish this were not the case, but they need to have service in place by May 1.