New Trash Plan Comes With Many New Rules and Procedures

The City of Overland announced today the restoration of free trash service for all city residents. Mayor Ann Purzner announced the new plan, including the many changes, in a Friday press conference.

"My biggest campaign promise has been fulfilled," stated an excited Purzner. "Despite the fact that we will have no emergency funds or money to repair roads, I felt that it was necessary for the city to pick up the tab on this one."

The new trash plan comes with many changes and new regulations:

• No recycling services or yard waste
• No blue colored trash on the first week of the month
• All trash must be in specially marked bags
• Large item pickup has been discontinued
  

The specially marked bags, with the wording "Overland Free Trash" and depciting a smiling Mayor Purzner, are available from City Hall or directly from the printer at 9415 Page. The city is picking up the cost of the bags and their printing. Trash will not be picked up in any bags except these specially marked bags.

"Forget free, these stipulations make this worthless," stated Ward 2 Council Member Jeff O'Connell, who opposed the new trash plan. "Eliminating road repair, snow removal and using the city's savings is not the trade-off the citizens wanted."

Mayor Purzner defended the plan. "People have told us that free trash is important. They did not make any stipulations. Just free. But, this isn't a big deal. I mean instead of calling Allied Waste or City Hall, they can just call Goodwill or the Salvation Army to donate their large items. And we have a special plan for the yard waste." The city's new yard waste plan was detailed in another Overland Picayune article.

When pressed about the odd stipulations such as the special bags and the ban on blue trash during the first week of the month, Purzner explained. "I'm the mayor. I thought it would be fun to have us thinking about the trash. I believe that when people see my face on the bags or pick out any blue item they will think of me and my free trash benevolence."

"I've gotten many calls of complaints from the residents," Ward 1 Council Member Jerry May stated. "Just wait until January and some big snowstorm hits the area. Free trash will be irrelevant if the trash trucks can't get down to your house because the streets are not plowed."