A variety of items on the Decatur City Commission’s agenda for this evening…

• Vote on amendment to City of Decatur Retirement System to provide a Postponed Retirement Incentive (PRI).  According to a note from Asst. City Manager Andrea Arnold “This amendment will provide the option for retaining long-term, experienced employees who could otherwise retire from city employment.”
• CSD looking for approval of three modular classrooms at Oakhurst Elementary
• Master Site Plan Approval for Public Works renovation
• Proposed extension of agreement with Latham Home Sanitation, with a 2% ($1.50) increase in the amount paid to the city per ton of recycling from $74.50 to $76.
• Avery Street, Fayetteville Road, Oakview, Pinetree, Cemetery path system and East Trinity in front of Fire Station #1 to be prepped for GDOT repaving
• Revisions to city fees include: increase non-resident pool fees from $2-$300 to $3-$350.  Reducing fee for production of a city-wide tax file from $500 to $100.  Increasing film permitting fee to $150 from $100.

Decatur Public Works rendering courtesy of Commission Agenda

Beth writes in that she recently spoke with the City of Decatur’s Lena Stevens about Latham Home Sanitation’s recycling guidelines, and “long story short, pizza boxes with minimal food contamination are now acceptable to recycle here in Decatur.”  She also notes that the city’s recycling webpage has been updated to reflect the change.

My wife also recently noted that envelopes with plastic windows are also now accepted.  (That wasn’t the case before, as I recall.)

I’m trying to get clarification regarding milk cartons, since they aren’t on the city’s lift, but the PDF flyer on the website clearly shows a picture of an OJ and milk container under “paper”, even though they aren’t listed.