“Our experience is it was not picked up last week. And it was supposed to be picked up on Tuesday, today being Wednesday. But I believe there’s a truck in the neighborhood so they’re catching up. So, our dumpster is full. I hope they get to it today,” he said.
Acting Sanitation Director Timothy Oliver said it is hard to hire enough workers who are willing to hoist trash containers right now.
“These are important jobs, but with the economy coming out of the pandemic, we’re competing against everyone, private sector, other government entities. We’re competing against everyone to get these people hired and back to work,” Oliver said.