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Voluntary recycling passes first reading
An ordinance that allows residential property owners to opt out of the mandatory trash and recycling
collection program has passed the first reading.
“I’m ready to move forward with this,” said Councilman Ron Carter. “We’ve been waiting a long time. We’
ve all the input we need from the public. We keep postponing this … I’d like to take care of this first reading
tonight.”
The council has been working on the voluntary option for collection since receiving the green light from
Cal-Recycles earlier this year. However, the oversight agency warned that if the city failed to meet its target of
diverting at least 50 percent from the waste stream into recycling — the state minimum — the city could still
be subject to a mandatory program.
Cal-Recycles will revisit the city’s progress at the end of this year, when officials will decide whether to
accept the change long term.
Several members of the public spoke out against some of the details of the proposed ordinance. But for
some of those objections, the council pointed out that it still did have full control over the issue.
In the end the council voted to move forward with what was presented. The ordinance still requires a
second reading and approval by the council to be enacted into municipal code.
collection program has passed the first reading.
“I’m ready to move forward with this,” said Councilman Ron Carter. “We’ve been waiting a long time. We’
ve all the input we need from the public. We keep postponing this … I’d like to take care of this first reading
tonight.”
The council has been working on the voluntary option for collection since receiving the green light from
Cal-Recycles earlier this year. However, the oversight agency warned that if the city failed to meet its target of
diverting at least 50 percent from the waste stream into recycling — the state minimum — the city could still
be subject to a mandatory program.
Cal-Recycles will revisit the city’s progress at the end of this year, when officials will decide whether to
accept the change long term.
Several members of the public spoke out against some of the details of the proposed ordinance. But for
some of those objections, the council pointed out that it still did have full control over the issue.
In the end the council voted to move forward with what was presented. The ordinance still requires a
second reading and approval by the council to be enacted into municipal code.
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By REBECCA NEIPP
News Review Staff Writer
News Review Staff Writer