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Pick up trashed
City forced to dump July bulk trash pickup
By Brian McCready
Milford Bureau Chief
MILFORD — The city is junking the July bulk trash pickup due to budget cuts.
Mayor James L. Richetelli Jr. said Wednesday the September pickup may also be in jeopardy.
The Board of Aldermen voted last month to reduce the Public Works Department’s sanitation budget by $80,000. That reduces the number of bulk trash pickups from three to two times a year.
Condominium pickups have been reduced from two to one. The June 25 condo pickup will be held, but the Aug. 27 pick up is canceled.
Richetelli opposed the budget cuts, saying it’s never good to cut city services while also raising taxes.
Aldermanic Chairman Ben Blake, D-5, said the $4.5 million in spending cuts from the mayor’s budget produced the smallest spending increase Milford has seen in 30 years.
“We’ve experienced an epic turnaround in being a lot more fiscally prudent,” Blake said.
He added that he expects all department heads to “stretch every dollar” to find ways to deliver the same services with less money.
“We need a can-do approach, not a can-don’t approach,” Blake said.
Richetelli said he will determine later this summer if there is enough money for the September pick up.
He asked homeowners to not place bulk waste at the curb any sooner than the Saturday before the scheduled pickup.
The city once had bulk trash pickup five times a year, from May to September.
Prohibited materials include batteries, commercial items, logs and stumps, concrete or cement, any item requiring two people to pick it up, hazardous waste, liquid waste, propane tanks, grass clippings and drywall and demolition materials.
Register reporter James Tinley contributed to this story.
By Brian McCready
Milford Bureau Chief
MILFORD — The city is junking the July bulk trash pickup due to budget cuts.
Mayor James L. Richetelli Jr. said Wednesday the September pickup may also be in jeopardy.
The Board of Aldermen voted last month to reduce the Public Works Department’s sanitation budget by $80,000. That reduces the number of bulk trash pickups from three to two times a year.
Condominium pickups have been reduced from two to one. The June 25 condo pickup will be held, but the Aug. 27 pick up is canceled.
Richetelli opposed the budget cuts, saying it’s never good to cut city services while also raising taxes.
Aldermanic Chairman Ben Blake, D-5, said the $4.5 million in spending cuts from the mayor’s budget produced the smallest spending increase Milford has seen in 30 years.
“We’ve experienced an epic turnaround in being a lot more fiscally prudent,” Blake said.
He added that he expects all department heads to “stretch every dollar” to find ways to deliver the same services with less money.
“We need a can-do approach, not a can-don’t approach,” Blake said.
Richetelli said he will determine later this summer if there is enough money for the September pick up.
He asked homeowners to not place bulk waste at the curb any sooner than the Saturday before the scheduled pickup.
The city once had bulk trash pickup five times a year, from May to September.
Prohibited materials include batteries, commercial items, logs and stumps, concrete or cement, any item requiring two people to pick it up, hazardous waste, liquid waste, propane tanks, grass clippings and drywall and demolition materials.
Register reporter James Tinley contributed to this story.
posted by Helen Bennett Harvey at
8:56 AM
1 Comments:
We can all live with just 1 or 2 pick-ups. We have use of a free transfer station - by the way, why are the Milford Beach and Transer sickers free? In Branford you pay $5 for this benefit and it is per car, not per household.
It would have been better if the BOE did not receive the reinstatement of $990,000. The "Epic Turnaround" would truly have been Epic. You just wasted more money. Money given back for the benefit of a small percentage of Milford Tax Payors while the greater % of residents have services cut! Doesn't seem Fair, does it!
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