Struthers council reviews garbage ordinance amendment
By Sarah Lehr
STRUthers
City council on Wednesday night reviewed an amendment to a garbage-collection ordinance.
The amendment would require residents to remove the trash-collection bin from the side of the curb by the night of the scheduled pickup day. The revision will come up for final passage at the next regular meeting, March 27.
Violation of the ordinance, which forbids residents from placing garbage at the curbside anytime prior to 24 hours before the scheduled pickup, is punishable as a minor misdemeanor.
Additionally, council voted to create a series of part-time positions and set wages for those positions. A litter/recycling coordinator will earn $10.45 an hour, and litter collectors will earn $10 an hour. Seasonal street laborers will earn $9 an hour, clerk-dispatchers for the police department will earn $10 an hour, a seasonal park laborer will earn $9 an hour and a permanent park laborer will earn $10 an hour.
The hourly rate of pay for a part-time paid firefighter is $10.25 when alert and $9 for still time (not responding to an emergency). Firefighters can earn an additional $35 a month for attending all training sessions that month. Part-time police officers will earn $13.25 an hour and tax clerks will earn $10.25 an hour.
Council authorized the city to dispose of old electronic equipment worth less than $1,000. There will be a recycling drive 8 a.m. May 7 at the Sexton Street parking lot.
In other business, Struthers resident Ruth Charles spoke against Campbell’s proposal for a library on state Route 616, saying she didn’t think it would be right for the county library to combine services with the Campbell school district because that could result in more benefits exclusively for that district.
Several members of council expressed concern about the lack of sidewalks on Route 616.
Council honored Anthony Centofanti, who was mayor of Struthers from 1975 to 1979, with a moment of silence. Centofanti died Monday at 86.