Dumping at the city compost site brings new hours and ID checks
People left TVs, furniture and trash at the yard-waste site on Great Lakes Parkway. Starting April 2, attendants will check that users live in the city.
Bellevue’s compost site, meant for brush, leaves and grass clippings, has been collecting TVs, furniture and bags of trash. Mayor Donald Berkey raised the problem at Monday’s City Council meeting, and new rules take effect Monday, April 2.
The site is at the Water Pollution Control plant on Great Lakes Parkway off Goodrich Road. It had been open to city residents 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day. Plant superintendent Eric MacMichael said the city will hire six part-time local residents through a Fremont temp agency to staff it. Attendants will check driver’s licenses, and only city residents may use the site.
New hours: closed Mondays; 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; noon to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
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