GARRETT â While deliveries at the City of Garrett recycling center were down by nearly one-third last year, the center showed increases in both revenue and recyclable materials, City Planner Milton Otero reported to the Board of Works Tuesday.
His report tallied a total of 2,529 vehicles that delivered recyclable materials to the drive-through site on North Cowen Street in 2020, a decrease of 30.6% from 2019. The center saw 1,092 total volunteer hours accumulated, a decrease of 19.1% from the previous year.
The report showed the recycling center collected a total of 25,798 pounds of recyclable materials ranging from cardboard, magazines, newspapers, glass, plastic and sheet iron. This was an increase of 79.4% over 2019. The total 2020 revenue for recyclable materials turned-in was $1,179, an increase of 42.8% over 2019.
GARRETT — An unpaid bill dating back to May 2014 to process sludge at the Auburn Wastewater Plant was presented to the Garrett Board of Works for payment Tuesday.
Two people living in the buildingâs sleeping rooms died in the fire in February 2019.
Otero said he has been in contact with First Deputy Susan Sleeper from the DeKalb County auditorâs office regarding the site at 109 S. Randolph St., owned by Tim Smith, who recently passed away. Otero learned the property has gone through a tax sale with no buyers and is currently in the hands of the DeKalb County Commissioners. Mayor Todd Fiandt has asked City Attorney Dan Brinkerhoff to speak to the Commissionersâ attorney, James McCanna, to determine if the city would be able to purchase the property and demolish it next year.