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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 Morning Journal/Mary Ann Greier 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. ....
[email protected] 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. ....
[email protected] 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. ....
Staff Writer SALEM City council agreed Tuesday to allow the writing off of $32,696 worth of uncollectible income tax accounts. Council members met in special session via Zoom to get the action done before the end of the year. The write-offs are one of many tasks the income tax department has been working to accomplish before shutting down and handing the keys to the Regional Income Tax Agency. RITA is taking over the administration and collection of city income taxes beginning Jan. 1, eliminating the tax office at city hall and ending the jobs for tax office employees. Mayor John Berlin said the income tax department employees are doing a great job getting ready for the transition to RITA and that everyone should be proud of the work they’ve put in. ....