City Council Approves Ordinance on Disposal of E-Waste
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Jennifer Peryam-jperyam@timesuniononline.com
Warsaw City Council approved an ordinance for disposal of electronic waste Monday night. The city will not pick up the following: televisions, computer monitors, computers including desktops, laptops and tablets and e-readers. Other items that will not be picked up are fax machines, DVD players, digital photo frames, iPods, camcorders, DRVs, and portable GPS navigation systems. The council also approved a resolution to reappropriate $24,408.55 into the general grant account fund. The city received the final reimbursement from the State Department of Health for the bicycle and pedestrian master planning grant. Diane Quance, councilwoman, said Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Kosciusko County Recycling Depot, residents will have the opportunity to recycle less than 25 pounds of electronic devices for free and more than 25 pounds is 2 cents per pound. The Recycling Depot is open Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. for people to dispose of tires. A Kids Clean Up Day is April 23 with groups from the special needs class and a Girl Scout group cleaning up the downtown. On April 25, the Key Club will clean up the alleys in the downtown. Warsaw Street Department’s leaf truck will run next week and leaves must be out by the curb by 7 a.m. Dial A Dump truck will be available next week for residents. People this week can call 574-372-9561. In other business, the council approved transferring $4,000 from the cemetery’s equipment fund into the cemetery fund to take down trees in the cemetery that have been damaged by lightning.
