Council approves new residential garbage routes after hauler adds local transfer station

The Crockett City Council approved a change to residential garbage routes after the city's contractor established a local transfer station that shortens truck turnaround time.

Speaker 2 explained that the contractor’s new 18-wheeler compactor at a local transfer station will allow weekly residential service to be reorganized from five zones into three, so some residents whose pickup days fell on Tuesdays or Thursdays will shift to Monday, Wednesday or Friday. The contractor committed to mailers, door hangers and other outreach to notify affected households. "They did guarantee us that they would do flyers, door hangers, and they did guarantee us that they would do mail outs," Speaker 2 said.

Council moved to approve the proposed route changes; Speaker 1 made the motion, Speaker 5 seconded, and the motion carried. Officials told residents that commercial service will not change and asked that residents put carts out by 5 a.m. (or the night before) to ensure pickup. The transcript records the council's approval by voice vote; no detailed roll-call or billing changes were recorded in the public audio.