CITY COUNCIL TALKS RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING

At March’s monthly meeting of the Wagner City Council one of the first topics that was brought before the council was Jerrod Rolston’s request to have a city area dedicated for yard debris disposal to create a compost for residents. As Jarod’s son, Jackson, will start his yard work business up within the next month, he was interested to know if the city would be willing to create a dedicated area for compostable yard debris. In terms of yard debris, it would include small tree branches, leaves and grass clippings. The city did at one time have a yard debris disposal site near the racetrack, but people did not abide by the rules and were dumping whole trees resulting in the site being terminated. Another topic that was brought up by Rolston was recycling. Recycling is big in their family as they had done it while living in Armour and he wondered if Wagner would be willing to create a spot in the city where recyclables could be taken to instead of locals that do recycle having to drive to Mitchell, Yankton, Madison or Vermillion to take their recyclables. Members of the council thought it was a good idea and asked City Administrator Debbie Houseman to do some more research in regards to getting the projects started.