{"id":24939,"date":"2025-03-28T16:05:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T20:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=24939"},"modified":"2025-03-28T16:05:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T20:05:43","slug":"blowing-recyclables-an-elm-st-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/28\/blowing-recyclables-an-elm-st-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Blowing recyclables an Elm St. problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A bad problem can sometimes be a good problem \u2026 but a bad problem nonetheless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a recent meeting of Decatur City Council, veteran councilman Matt Dyer pointed out that the city \u201cneeds to address\u201d the problem of items blowing from the recycling drop-off site at the city’s public works location on Elm St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dyer said the considerable amount of recycling \u201cis a good problem to have,\u201d but it is creating bad problems for residents of the area where the drop-off site is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mayor Dan Rickord remarked that there have been discussions about erecting a fence at the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was agreed to address the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that meeting, city council and the city board of works took the following actions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Accepted bids for street materials from Fleming Excavating, Brooks Construction, Wayne Asphalt, and Stone-Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* A lease approval for Northeast Indiana Works at the MERIT Center was approved. The cost is $2,598,75 as the lease charge was raised from $5 a square food to $5.25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Mayor Dan Rickord appointed Dave Hill as the North Adams School Board’s representative to the city’s redevelopment commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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