HURON — Using their water utility bill for free access to the rubble site over the weekend, Huron residents saved more than $3,800 in the annual citywide cleanup, Solid Waste Superintendent Dale Fortin said Monday.
In a report to the City Commission, he said 261 households took advantage of the cleanup to bring out rubble, metal, tires, tree branches and garbage Thursday through Saturday.
A total of 79.52 tons of materials were hauled out. Despite the rainy conditions, that was slightly higher than last year’s total of 78.52 tons, he said.
In a related matter, Fortin said the free access/drop off site remains open to the public for people to bring out grass clippings and branches. The parking lot area is muddy and city workers are trying to keep it as dry as possible.
If people can’t access the site due to the wet conditions, they can bring grass clippings and branches to the rubble site during operating hours.
Commissioner Doug Kludt publicly thanked Cornerstones Career Learning Center English as a Second Language students and staff for once again picking up trash. It was picked up in the downtown area and at Ravine Lake by a number of volunteers.
Meanwhile, the commission won’t meet and city offices will be closed next Monday in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.
The solid waste department will be closed this Saturday and Monday. The Monday garbage, recycling and grass routes will be collected on Wednesday, May 29. Containers should be out the night before as the trucks won’t be rerouted.
Commissioners also:
• Approved a special event on-sale alcoholic beverage license filed by the Scoreboard Bar and Grill for a street dance June 8-9 in a designated area on Third Street Southeast between Dakota and Kansas avenues.
• Approved a request for alcoholic beverage consumption in a public area filed by Clark Engineering for an open house May 30 at their office in the new Dakotaland Federal Credit Union building, 2297 Kansas Ave. S.E.
• Approved a raffle request filed by PEO chapters in Huron during their annual luncheon in October at the Huron Area Senior Center.
• Approved the hiring of Kerri Hjellum for a solid waste maintenance position.
• Set June 10 as the bid-opening date for anaerobic lagoon cleaning.
• Renewed 34 malt beverage and South Dakota Farm Wine licenses for 2019-2020.
• Approved an addendum to an antenna placement agreement with Kibble Equipment. The original lease agreement approved in April 2014 was between the city and James River Equipment for antenna placement at the north tower storage tank at 787 Lincoln Ave. N.W.
The company is now known as Kibble Equipment. No other changes are made in the agreement.
• Authorized Parks and Recreation Director LaRon Klock to apply for $19,500 in West Nile Virus prevention grant funds.
• Approved an audit agreement with Spyglass to analyze communications services.
• Announced that the city’s Wastewater Treatment Facility received the 2018 Operation and Maintenance Award from the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
