I am very pleased that the members of the Town Board will vote to increase the leaf collection overtime budget by $20,000. The overtime will go from $56,750 to $76,750. Hopefully, the additional overtime spent on leaf collection will enable the town to expedite the pick up of leaves. The Town Board will hold its final hearing on the budget on Wednesday (tomorrow). It's possible that the Board will approve a final budget for 2007 tomorrow. The budget must be approved by Dec 20th.
Bloggers who have visited this blog spot have been most helpful --a number of suggestions have been proposed that could result in better leaf collection in the future. Among the suggestions besides increased overtime:
* Paying landcapers to drop off piles of leaves at our dump site.
* Hiring additional seasonal employees.
* Issuing an RFP to private landscapers/contractors who would assist the town in collecting leaves.
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Great!
Pleased that the town is trying to address this problem. Good start.
Why not purchase the tyoes of leaf collection trucks that Scarsdale has? It looks like a big vaccum cleaner.
I've actually never seen leaf collection in Greenburgh - though I know it's done in some neighborhoods - but I just assumed they used those same vacuum-type of trucks that the other municipalities use, no? If not, how the heck does Greenburgh do leaf clean-up currently?
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