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| Worker Kevin Colins, works in the 6100 block of Ambleside Drive on June 21st. Jim Hudelson/The Times |
I got a little tied up last week, so please forgive the time away from blogging. (See my oil spill story for part of the distraction.)
So the Shreveport City Council's new committee on solid waste meets again tomorrow. On the agenda: financing the $2.4 million purchase of 15 garbage packers, plus the timeline in which Shreveport can get that done. (That's at 2 p.m. in the first-floor conference room at Government Plaza.)
Council chair Joyce Bowman has pledged to get workers in newer vehicles (with air conditioning) by next month.
Beyond trash collection logistics and employee issues, the most intriguing parts of last week's dialogue
According to Councilman Monty Walford, though, the city can't continue that way much longer. With a minimal monthly fee of $2.50 to the 60,000 or customers, Shreveport could replace about 12 trucks a year. The vehicles in use now are at least five years old. And they're worn out, officials and workers say.
Walford knows, though, that adding a fee is a tough political fight. Councilman Joe Shyne put that in perspective in asking Walford thinks the fee should start.
"Bryan is running for mayor," Shyne said. "I'm running for re-election. I'm just trying to be practical." (Bryan is Councilman Wooley, of course.)
Interestingly, Bossier City uses Shreveport's trash services and charges a lot more, comparatively. That city receives $16 a month, via water bills.
So what are your thoughts?
So the Shreveport City Council's new committee on solid waste meets again tomorrow. On the agenda: financing the $2.4 million purchase of 15 garbage packers, plus the timeline in which Shreveport can get that done. (That's at 2 p.m. in the first-floor conference room at Government Plaza.)
Council chair Joyce Bowman has pledged to get workers in newer vehicles (with air conditioning) by next month.
Beyond trash collection logistics and employee issues, the most intriguing parts of last week's dialogue
According to Councilman Monty Walford, though, the city can't continue that way much longer. With a minimal monthly fee of $2.50 to the 60,000 or customers, Shreveport could replace about 12 trucks a year. The vehicles in use now are at least five years old. And they're worn out, officials and workers say.
Walford knows, though, that adding a fee is a tough political fight. Councilman Joe Shyne put that in perspective in asking Walford thinks the fee should start.
"Bryan is running for mayor," Shyne said. "I'm running for re-election. I'm just trying to be practical." (Bryan is Councilman Wooley, of course.)
Interestingly, Bossier City uses Shreveport's trash services and charges a lot more, comparatively. That city receives $16 a month, via water bills.
So what are your thoughts?
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