PITTSFIELD â Some Pittsfield city councilors said Wednesday they arenât ready to decide whether to support a proposal to reform trash collections. And with that, a majority agreed Wednesday that any such program should not begin before summer 2022.
At a Committee of the Whole meeting, councilors voted 8-3 to set July 1, 2022, as the earliest date on which such a proposal would go into effect.
The council agreed it needs more time weigh the modified âpay-as-you-throwâ proposal and hear more from residents.
With the vote, âwe let people know that they have over the next year to talk to us,â said At-Large Councilor Pete White, who introduced the proposal with fellow at-large councilors Earl Persip III and Peter Marchetti, also council president. Councilors debated reforms in how the city handles solid waste collection. They then tabled the measure, which Marchetti said would be revisited later.