CONNEAUT — After a one-year absence, the city of Conneaut has reinstated its leaf pickup program, beginning next week and extending into December.
Work will begin on the west side and eventually reach every neighborhood over the next few weeks, weather permitting, according to a press release.
The return of the program is somewhat of a surprise, since earlier this week City Council indicated the program may be a luxury the city can’t afford. At Monday’s meeting, City Manager Robert Schaumleffel Jr., said the city could revive the program, but because of time and money another Public Works Department project would be sacrificed.
“We can restore (leaf pickup) at the expense of something else,” he said.
Councilman-at-Large Jacob Chicatelli spoke in favor of leaf pickup, saying it helps keep storm drains clear. Others, however, said the work may pull street workers away from more important work.
“We have other priority things that need to be done,” Ward 4 Councilman Tony “Dino” Julio said at the time. “We got through it last year, we can get through it this year.”
Ward 2 Councilman Charles Lewis agreed. “(No leaf pickup) would help free up Public Works for other work,” he said.
Based on the consensus, it appeared leaf pickup would be curbed for another season.
Council President James Jones, reached for comment Friday, said he also believed leaf pickup wouldn’t happen in 2009.
“I was under the assumption our priorities would be put elsewhere, that there wasn’t enough (money) to move forward,” Jones said.
Schaumleffel did not immediately return a phone call Friday seeking comment on the leaf program’s return.
City workers will remove leaves raked to curbs or placed in paper composting bags. No plastic bags will be picked up. Do not rake leaves into streets.
Crews will also remove tree branches six feet or less in length and two inches or smaller in diameter. The city’s compost site on East Main Road will be open 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily to accept yard waste, too.
Here is the city’s tentative leaf pickup schedule. No specific dates have
been assigned the districts; instead, work will proceed as weather permits.
n Work starts Monday at the North Kingsville line south of the CSX Railway tracks, moving east to Chestnut Street.
n Next, crews will head to neighborhoods near the lake shore, north of the CSX tracks, from the North Kingsville line to Chestnut Street.
n The harbor district north of the CSX track will follow, followed by the uptown and east side districts, extending to the Pennsylvania line.
Workers hope to make two separate passes through the districts over the next four weeks, according to the release.
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