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Mayfield no longer looking to move to single citywide trash service

At Monday night's meeting, the Mayfield city council decided to cease its actions of moving toward the development of a single citywide trash service.

Since last June, the city posted notices, held public meetings with city residents and local private trash services, and conducted an online survey to gather more information. 

Mayor Kathy O'Nan did not call for a vote among the council members, but asked for their opinions on whether the city should proceed on the issue. Members replied that they had spent enough of their time "going down a rabbit hole," and they had heard enough feedback from residents who were not in favor of making changes to the current trash pickup situation.

Another council member said that they had pursued the issue further than it had been explored in thirty years, but "the public had spoken" in opposition to making a change.

For example, in October it was reported to the council that the online survey gathered about 600 opinions from residents, with more than 80 percent opposed to a single city trash franchise.

One reason the city wanted to explore a change was that an overabundance of multiple heavy trash trucks used by five or six current private services would gradually damage city roads, while a streamlined citywide service fleet would send only one truck down that same road each week. 

Another benefit to Mayfield would be a franchise agreement that would include performance clauses, where the franchise winner is bound by contract to be reliable or face penalties.

But a city council member on Monday said that "the positives have not been sold well enough" to sway a large number of residents.

Mayor O'Nan said that now the residents know the city might be interested in moving toward a single trash provider in the future, but the council will "let this lie," and take their cue from the residents as to when it may be time to address the issue down the road.
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