SALEM City council may consider higher re-inspection fees for violators of housing code rules, giving them a monetary incentive to do better. The Rules a
MARY ANN GREIER
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Overflowing trash containers became the source of complaints in Salem, Perry Township and other communities in recent weeks.
SALEM In the future, trash haulers in Salem could be restricted to daylight pickup hours and required to tell customers about pickup date changes to prevent trash being on curbs for weeks on end.
At least that’s what members of city council’s Rules and Ordinances Committee discussed Tuesday night as a means to address recent trash complaints.
No action was taken, with Councilwoman Cyndi Baronzzi Dickey, who chairs the committee, suggesting further research and talking to trash haulers and other communities about their rules.
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Overflowing trash containers became the source of complaints in Salem, Perry Township and other communities in recent weeks, with Aarrow Disposal posting on social media about issues with COVID-19 putting their pickup schedules behind. The Rules & Ordinances Committee of Salem City Council discussed overall trash issues Tuesday night. Aarrow did pick up residential trash for customers in Salem recently. (Salem News photo by Mary Ann Greier)
SALEM In the future, trash haulers in Salem could be restricted to daylight pickup hours and required to tell customers about pickup date changes to prevent trash being on curbs for weeks on end.
mgreier@salemnews.net
Garbage regulations will be discussed when city council’s Rules and Ordinances Committee meets at 6 p.m. Jan. 12.
“Everybody’s complaining about the trash not being picked up on time,” Councilwoman Cyndi Baronzzi Dickey said Tuesday night when contacted by phone.
During the day, it was hard not to notice the overflowing trash containers with more bags and boxes piled on top and to the side sitting by curbs throughout the city. She said there have been complaints about noise, too, and some trucks are leaking on city streets.
Dickey chairs the Rules & Ordinances Committee and announced the meeting during Tuesday’s city council session. She said Councilman Sal Salvino approached her about discussing the garbage rules. She explained the discussion will include regulations for trash haulers and restrictions related to hours for pickup or possibly requiring truck inspections for registration.
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SALEM Area residents, businesses, schools and community governments are beginning 2021 pretty much the same way they ended 2020 masked up and armed with hand sanitizer.
Wash your hands became the mantra, social distancing became the practice and cancellations of everything from the Salem Super Cruise to fireworks displays and the Summer Concert Series became the norm last year.
Lives were lost to the pandemic, with many families in mourning not in some far off place, but in Salem, Leetonia and many other local communities.
With 2021 comes a new year and new hope as distribution of the vaccine begins.