ROTHBURY — The Rothbury village council unanimously authorized Department of Public Works director Scott Beishuizen to have the large leaf and brush pile next to the bike trail hauled away at Tuesday's regular meeting.
The council has previously discussed contracting with White Lake Excavating to remove the pile, which is growing large as residents have deposited their leaves into it. The council said there have been dead animals found in the piles.
The council also unanimously voted to remove the Greenlawn mobile home park from the village's garbage account with Kuerth's Disposal; the village pays for most residents' trash service. The move was made because by law, the mobile home park must provide trash service for its tenants.
Also on the subject of garbage, the village recently put new Kuerth's recycling bins next to the hall that residents are welcome to use. The village would still like to add recycling service for residents to its Kuerth's account, but the company is requiring more homes to report participation in recycling before it will provide bins to homes.
Rothbury will donate $1,500 to the Newsboys nonprofit organization to aid in cleanup of the intersection of Winston and Michigan roads.
A Dec. 7 dedication ceremony has been tentatively scheduled for 11 a.m. for the new Czarny Park sign, which was constructed as an Eagle Scout project by local scout Jaden Furman. The council said it will confirm Furman is available to be part of the ceremony before locking in the date and time.
Councilman Dylan Zuniga offered his assistance in putting together a community survey the planning commission is working on to solicit resident feedback for updates to the master plan. Zuniga said he could help with putting the survey on Google Forms, which is free to use and could increase participation in the survey.
