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The company’s Saint Louis area representative, Tony Niskanen, would be happy to talk with you about Motor Silk products and your personal or fleet needs. He can be reached at (314) 352-6300 or by email at ktenergy@charter.net.

County County Panel Sets Another Meeting on Trash Districts

A committee of the Saint Louis County Council will hold a meeting at 4:00 PM April 22 to hear comments on a bill that would eliminate the county’s authority to establish trash collection districts in the unincorporated areas of the County.

The committee of the whole will consider the issue in the council chambers in the county administration building in Clayton.

Councilman John Campisi, sponsor of the bill, was in Jefferson City on Tuesday (4/8) to testify before a House on a bill designed to prohibit the county from establishing the districts.

Campisi was with a contingent from his district making a last ditch effort to stop the districts. Tony Niskanen, who is leading an initiative that would invalidate the district’s, said the county would sign contracts for the trash districts by summer, before voters can decide the issue in November.

County Residents Continue to Speak Out on Management of County Trash Fiasco

Another county resident speaks out on the fiasco called Waste Management -

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First of all let's set the record straight -

St. Louis County has already placed it's regulations on the trash haulers and not the residents. Between the County & the Dept. of Health, this is how they want it to go:

They have put into place a mandate for a "minimum level" of service that the haulers MUST adhere too! They have also put into their mandate that the hauler MUST charge ALL their customers for this new level of service. What this means is if you do not recycle with your hauler, to bad - you will still have to pay for it!

Now here is fair warning to those who believe they will not have to pay if they are not using these services:

1. Hauler to suspend service for non-payment.
2. Hauler to turn over customers information to Dept. of Health.
3. Dept. of Health will try to collect payment.

Here's the real kicker:
4. If they do not receive the payment, they will issue a BENCH WARRANT.

I for one believe that the best approach to get people to recycle is to build recycling centers throughout St. Louis County. Their idea is if we force them to pay - they will recycle! Any one remember Bill Bidwell & the Cardinals football team? He had the same idea & it didn't work!!!!

County had planned to receive bids for their new districts in February and March with the hopes of being implemented by August. At this point subdivisions had until Feb. 1st to opt-out. Now that the bid date has been moved to around July 1st - subdivisions should be shown the same consideration by moving the opt-out date till later - hey what's good for the goose is good for the gander!

Actually, subdivisions should be able to opt-out at anytime they wish. However, I don't see this happening as County doesn't want any of the subdivisions in their pilot project to opt-out & screw up their plans for success!!!!!!!

No one knows how all of this is going to play out but people need to make note of which council members are pushing this & if they run again, show them how you feel at the polls. They may not listen now but they will when you vote them out!

Do people realize that the County & Dept. of Health have spent over three million of tax payers dollars on 65 gallon & 35 gallon carts for recycling items only? These carts go only to people in the new districts that haven't opted-out, yet everyone has paid for them!

Everyone should email or call Elliott Davis of Fox 2 KTVI & get him in on this. His email address is: youpaidforit@fox2ktvi.com or call the station at 314-544-5884.

If you would like to voice your opinion on these subjects to the County, call County Executive Charlie Dooley 314-615-7016 or County Dept. of Health, Solid Waste Manager John Haasis 314-615-8249.

If you can't get any satisfaction from any of these people, I encourage you to get in touch with Make Your Opinion Count, Tony Niskanen at opinionsllc@sbcglobal.net or call him at 314-352-6300 and sign his petition or request one and get out there and help collect signatures.

Hey everyone, call these guys, (to coin a phrase) tell 'em what you think, after all YOU PAID FOR IT!!!!!!!

. . . . . SW, St. Louis County Resident

Signatures Needed to Put Trash Issue on Ballot

Opponents of trash hauling districts in unincorporated St. Louis County on Jan. 7 will launch their campaign for an initiative to block the idea. They will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of Oakville High School, 5557 Milburn Road, Oakville.

The initiative would:

> Remove the county’s authority to establish the districts from the Waste Management Code.

> Remove minimum trash collection standards from the code.

> Require the county to establish 18 drop-off recycling sites throughout its territory. The initiative says revenue from a county tipping fee at landfills would pay for the sites and that independent contractors would run them.

The initiative needs to collect about 23,000 signatures spread throughout the county to get the proposal on the ballot. Supporters will try to get enough signatures in time to put the proposal on the April 8 local election ballot, Tony Niskanen of Affton, the organizer of the initiative, said on Friday. The deadline to get into that election is Jan. 29. If the petition drive falls short by that date, the proposal could go on the Aug. 5 ballot, Niskanen said. That deadline is May 27. The initiative needs a simple majority to pass.

Niskanen explained that the supporters favor voluntary recycling, particularly with churches and other non-profit organizations operating recycling centers as a community service and organizational fund raiser. The supporters asked why should the county have any minimum standards, particularly since the code already requires homeowners to use trash collection, he said.

Currently, residents of the unincorporated area must arrange for their trash collection service. Most municipalities in the county hire a hauler to collect trash and recyclables. A handful of municipalities, notably University City and Kirkwood, collect such materials from homeowners.

The county divided the unincorporated area into eight districts with a single hauler picking up the trash in each one. Subdivisions can opt out of a district. The county would select a hauler for each district by bids. Officials plan to seek bids this spring and start the districts in August.

Many residents of the unincorporated area have complained for years about numerous trash trucks tearing up and wearing out subdivision streets, County Executive Charlie Dooley has said. To preserve landfills, the county also must boost the low recycling rate in the unincorporated area, he has said.

Opponents of the trash districts object to homeowners losing the ability to select their own haulers. The opponents worry that the cost would increase, particularly if they must pay for recycling pickups. The opponents are concerned they would have less leverage to resolve complaints. They worry the districts would drive small haulers out of business and reduce competition.

While most of the support for Niskanen’s effort comes from south St. Louis County, residents in North County are equally upset. Many subdivisions have already filed to opt-out of the County’s program with others in the process.

Some small trash hauling companies support the initiative, he said. Niskanen said he is trying to persuade some of the larger ones to join.
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Make Your Opinion Count Opposes County Trash Program

Tony Niskanen of Make Your Opinion Count LLC told the St. Louis County Council of his group's plans to oppose the trash collection districts in unincorporated St. Louis County. They will begin a petition drive to oppose the trash collection districts in unincorporated St. Louis County to remove the county's authority to set up the districts and trash collection standards.

The group's proposal is two initiatives, one to remove from the Waste Management Code the authority for trash collection districts, and a second to change the code's minimum collection standards. The second initiative would require haulers to offer collection of recyclables every other week instead of once a week and would drop a requirement for bulky trash pickups. The group will need about 19,000 signatures on petitions to put the initiatives on the April 8 ballot. The deadline is Jan. 29.