I wanted to share the progress each department has made and so today I wanted to touch on our sanitation department. Sharon Boyd is our department head, appointed during our first year of this board. Previously sanitation was under the public works department.
Sharon recently presented her goals for the upcoming year in a power point presentation to the board. Click here for a copy of the presentation.
The biggest change out of the department this year was the Solid Waste ordinance. This cleaned up some of the confusion with the previous ordinance as well as requiring that garbage be both bagged and in a can and got rid of the unsightly open corral's where people would collectively dump their garbage.
Although it was done earlier in our term, you may also recall the change of the city dumpsters to maroon with dog prints on it. That was Sharon's idea and one that I think made the dumpsters look a lot better and very little cost.
One purchase that the sanitation department is requesting is a new rideable device for collecting litter. Our street sweeper is limited to the street and therefore is unable to get around to where garbage is left after the many numerous events held around the city. Sharon was able to figure the cost of the device into her budget without requiring any sort of cost increases, which I think is admirable. This device would make it much easier to clean up after our big-name events.
It was previously called the MadVac 101; however, it's recently had a design change and is now called the LR50. Click here for a pdf showing the device. Also, you can go to http://picasaweb.google.com/apollmueller/LR50Final?authkey=keuS2xnt-ic if they would like to see additional pictures of the device.
In closing I would like to thank both Sharon and her department for the work they've done this year. They've done an outstanding job.
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I was researching the city ordinances regarding trash pickup, and I did a search on SDN to find a little more info. One thing that I noticed was a discussion about how to best educate students on these ordinances. The idea of putting an articled in The Reflector was put forth, and I think that's a good step.
But what about actual enforcement of the ordinances, particularly 2007-7? The area northwest of campus (including the Cotton District) is the most visible residential area to visitors. I think it would do a lot to step up code education and enforcement (in that order) in this part of town.
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