From: Gerald Fisher
Sent: Thu Nov 19 11:45:21 2020
To: Andy Peters
Cc: Darlene Bishop (Molalla)
Subject: RE: Sweeper on Thursdays
Importance: Normal
Hi Andy,
See if you can find a graphic or notice from another agency that we can post to Facebook and the Website. Thanks.
Regards,
Gerald Fisher, P.E. | Public Works Director
City of Molalla
117 N Molalla Ave. | PO Box 248 |Molalla, OR 97038
Office: 503.829.6855 | Direct: 503.759.0218
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From: Andy Peters <apeters@cityofmolalla.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2020 11:21 AM
To: City Hall Distribution List <cityhall@cityofmolalla.com>
Cc: City Shops Distribution List <shops@cityofmolalla.com>
Subject: Sweeper on Thursdays
Folks, the City is receiving calls about the street sweeper coming around on Thursdays, which is also Garbage day. There is no way to avoid it this time of year (October – February). The only option would be to not sweep on Thursdays, or at least Thursday Mornings. But this would reduce our effective haul-rate by 10%-20% during the months of October-February, which we simply can’t afford. Operationally, we might make the sweeper avoid sweeping Lexington Estates on Thursday, but that would just mean they sweep Toliver Estates on Thursday instead. And even that option would only be possible if the sweeper had no issues and was able to stay on schedule.
We have only a single sweeper, and promising the sweeper will be in a certain neighborhood on a certain day is not possible like it is for the Garbage Fleet who runs 40 trucks.
Also, whenever we do speak to someone about this issue, we might consider taking the opportunity to remind them to ask their neighbors not to blow their leaves into the street for the sweeper, which is against City Ordinance. This slows the machine down significantly, putting us even further behind.
Respectfully,
Andy Peters
City of Molalla
Public Works Operations Supervisor
(503) 829-6855 x220
Cell: 503-793-0507
117 N Molalla Ave
Molalla, OR 97038