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Impact to City Sanitation, Recycling, and Road Services Due to Budget Cuts

Post Date:07/23/2020 4:00 PM

STAMFORD, Conn. — Mayor David Martin announced today changes to City sanitation, recycling, and road services

Katrina Mygatt Recycling Center’s will be open only on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Scale House/Transfer Station at 101 Harborview Avenue will keep its current operating hours of Monday through Saturday, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Residents can continue to bring up to 200 pounds of waste for free disposal at the Scale House/Transfer Station.

Weekly neighborhood sanitation and recycling pickup will continue, but pickups may occur much later in the day. For example, pickup typically done at 8 a.m. may be delayed to 3 p.m. Parks and Downtown garbage pickups will be reduced from 5 times a week to 3 times a week.

Additionally, residents should anticipate delays in:

  • Road repairs, including pothole repair,
  • Sidewalk repairs,
  • Street sweeping,
  • Removal of illegal dumping,
  • Leaf pickup,
  • Snow plowing,
  • Installation of non-emergency signage, and;
  • Preventative sign repair and replacement.

These service changes are required due to recent employee layoffs. Employee layoffs have been a consequence of cuts to the City’s budget made by the Board of Finance this year in response to the economic impact of the coronavirus recession.

The budget passed by the Board of Finance and Board of Representatives assumed significant reductions in total salaries in anticipation of a wage freeze for all City employees. Although City Pay Plan employees (all salaried elected officials and the Mayor’s cabinet) and City unions MAA and UAW have agreed to salary freezes or reductions — other unions have not. Without salary freezes from additional unions, the City must lay off workers to achieve the cuts in budgeted salaries.

It is likely additional layoffs and service reductions will still be required, but the City continues to pursue negotiations with unions to rehire employees and restore these important services.

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