Crosby to keep a close eye on city dumpsters
Dumpsters for residents' bulky trash will return after New Year's on recycling weekends only, after contractors filled them with building debris.
Residents may get another chance to drop off big items behind the Bellevue City Centre building after the new year. Safety-Service Director Jeffrey Crosby told City Council this week he plans to bring the dumpsters back on a limited basis, tentatively only on the second and fourth weekends of each month, when the city also takes recycling at the Community Center.
Crosby said the dumpsters were meant for residents’ mattresses, big toys and some scrap. “We wanted people in town to have a place to take, I want to say junk, that would end up in the back yard,” he said. They were pulled after businesses and small contractors filled them with building materials and shingles.
Before the dumpsters, the city held spring and fall cleanups, which cost about $10,000 a year in manpower and were dropped. Hauling costs for the dumpsters ran about double that. “We’ll see if that keeps the contractors from overwhelming us,” Crosby said of the limited schedule.
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