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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council <br />Monday, May 18, 2015 <br />Page 3 <br />Mr. Metztuig replied, by the time spring rolls around, we are getting the leaves ready to actually go <br />back out. We have ground them up in the fa11. You have to keep turning them over and the heat builds <br />up and it turns it more into a mulchy product. <br />Mr. Saponaro asked, so we don't have a place? <br />Mr. Metzung replied, we certainly could not segregate it. We oiily have the amount of rooin we have. <br />Mayor Rinker asked, tlus is all of the Derby neighborhood that has a problem? This is the first I have <br />heard of it. <br />Mr. Kane replied, yes. We have a significant issue in the springtime. Secondly, when you do do a <br />job, do it right. <br />Mayor Rinker asked, what's the implication? If we are not doing it in the spring? <br />Mr. Kane replied, in the fall, first of a11, when you have me leave it on my tree lawn, they are not <br />rakuig my tree lawn, they are sucking it up, so a lot of leaves are embedded and it kills the grass point <br />blank. Number two, in the springtime because basically a11 our firee lawns are oak trees which is <br />beautiful, we love it, but like I said, the fall occurs not only in October and November, but a majority <br />of the leaves fall in January and February so when spring comes around and the snow melts, we have a <br />ton of leaves out there. I had a four foot pile along the whole front of my properiy. I called the Village <br />and asked if we are having spring pick up and they said no, so I had to hire someone to come pick it up <br />because it was too big for my pick-up truck and I can't dump it anywhere in the Village anyinore <br />because it's gated off. I tlunk it's a service that's missed. I don't want to see it go away. If you have a <br />schedule, you are able to provide better service and more frequent service. Maybe I ain wrong on that. <br />It just makes more sense. The problem is when I get picked up, I didn't know it was coming, it comes <br />on Monday, my tree lawn service is coming on Tuesday, now I have to pile the leaves out there. They <br />have been out there for two weeks. This year I had them later. I understand weather can be a problem <br />and logistics, but they aze a service we have and I think they are an important service to me. <br />Mayor Ruiker asked, and you are saying your neighbors share this problein? <br />Mr. Kane replied, yes. <br />Mayor Rinker stated, you provided your address. We will follow up and see what the neighborhood <br />looks like. <br />Mr. Saponaro asked, Doug, when people put their leaves out, where are they supposed to put them? <br />Mr. Metzung replied, on the tree lawn, not in the curb line. They need to remain on the tree lawn. It <br />keeps thein out of the water so they are easy to pick up for us to keep them dry. Secondly, our Phase II <br />regulations say you have to keep those out of the drainage swale. You don't want the leaves to enter <br />the storm sewers. <br />Council President Buckholtz stated, thanks for your comments, Mr. Kane. We will look into it.