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City enters new recycling contract
By Adam Prestridge
The City of Atmore Recycling Depot will soon have a cleaner look following the approval of a new recycling contract Monday afternoon.
Following many hours of dedication to the recycling efforts within the city, the Atmore Recycle Now committee’s request for a more advanced recycling effort was answered with the unanimous decision to bring in Sunburst Papers to handle the city’s recyclables.
“The Recycle Now committee has been working on recycling for a long time and trying to get it off the ground,” Mayor Howard Shell said. “It seems like they have found Mr. (Tommy) Cico and his company that is willing to take us to the next level.”Cico, vice president of industrial packaging, said that Sunburst would soon move several six-yard dumpsters to replace all of the trash cans currently being used for recycling materials and provide a list of “OK” materials on site.
“To start with, we don’t want to make great amounts of change, but what we do want to do is put something together where the program can grow as needed around the city and outlining areas,” he said. “They had some concerns that what they are collecting now was not being recycled, and I can assure them that whatever makes it to our plant will be recycled.”
Cico added that Sunburst takes about 24 hours to respond to pick-up calls, which members of Atmore Recycle Now would have to relay.
The opportunity for expanding the city’s recycling efforts into the schools, businesses and residents is a future plan, Cico said.
“We all know that we’ll probably all be mandated to go green sooner or later, at some point in our lives, so this is a good start,” he said.
In other business, the council:
Unanimously approved the city’s new weed ordinance addressing eyesores within the city limits following a public hearing, which was held prior the council meeting and required before passage.
“Over the years we’ve tried to come into compliance with public nuisances in town, and our attorneys has reviewed our ordinances and have made changes that they feel like bring us into compliance with state and federal laws,” Shell said.
Passing the new ordianance aids in control of overgrown grass and weeds, and the enforcement procedures in doing so.
“We feel like this gives our building inspectors the necessary tools to provide for the control of grass, weeds, abandoned cars and the list goes on of things in neighborhoods that tend to devalue property,” Shell said. “It’s always very hard and long enduring to get some of these cases in the proper courts, but we’ve been able to move approximately 79 residents in the last four years. You look around town and wonder where they were, but they were. We are going to get started again.”
Agreed to allow Poarch to tie the road in front of the Creek Smoke Shop into the city’s Rivercane development for additional access to Wind Creek Casino and Hotel.
Approved a rental tax for the city, which taxes tangible goods 3 percent and intangible goods 1 percent. Shell said Atmore was one of a few cities in the State of Alabama without a rental tax.
Renewed three loans with First National Bank & Trust, one in connection with the Pine Barren Watershed project.
Paid the bills.
Following many hours of dedication to the recycling efforts within the city, the Atmore Recycle Now committee’s request for a more advanced recycling effort was answered with the unanimous decision to bring in Sunburst Papers to handle the city’s recyclables.
“The Recycle Now committee has been working on recycling for a long time and trying to get it off the ground,” Mayor Howard Shell said. “It seems like they have found Mr. (Tommy) Cico and his company that is willing to take us to the next level.”Cico, vice president of industrial packaging, said that Sunburst would soon move several six-yard dumpsters to replace all of the trash cans currently being used for recycling materials and provide a list of “OK” materials on site.
“To start with, we don’t want to make great amounts of change, but what we do want to do is put something together where the program can grow as needed around the city and outlining areas,” he said. “They had some concerns that what they are collecting now was not being recycled, and I can assure them that whatever makes it to our plant will be recycled.”
Cico added that Sunburst takes about 24 hours to respond to pick-up calls, which members of Atmore Recycle Now would have to relay.
The opportunity for expanding the city’s recycling efforts into the schools, businesses and residents is a future plan, Cico said.
“We all know that we’ll probably all be mandated to go green sooner or later, at some point in our lives, so this is a good start,” he said.
In other business, the council:
“Over the years we’ve tried to come into compliance with public nuisances in town, and our attorneys has reviewed our ordinances and have made changes that they feel like bring us into compliance with state and federal laws,” Shell said.
Passing the new ordianance aids in control of overgrown grass and weeds, and the enforcement procedures in doing so.
“We feel like this gives our building inspectors the necessary tools to provide for the control of grass, weeds, abandoned cars and the list goes on of things in neighborhoods that tend to devalue property,” Shell said. “It’s always very hard and long enduring to get some of these cases in the proper courts, but we’ve been able to move approximately 79 residents in the last four years. You look around town and wonder where they were, but they were. We are going to get started again.”
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