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City Council takes first step in hiking utility bills

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St. Pete City Council approved on first reading an increase in utility fees. The city’s utility department is asking for a $2.85 overall increase spread across potable water, wastewater and reclaimed water fees. That would be a 2.71 percent hike from fees in fiscal year 2015. Two council members, Darden Rice and Will Newton, voted against the increase. And their no votes could gain traction between now and the second reading. Rice called in to question whether the department deserved more money,…

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St. Pete officials say curbside recycling is exceeding expectations, looks to add more flexibility

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St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman is updating residents on the contentious rollout of universal curbside recycling in his weekly SUNblast newsletter sent to subscribing residents. Kriseman said the numbers show participation rates are exceeding early expectations. An inquiry into those numbers was not immediately answered. However, Kriseman explained the sanitation department is calculating participation by comparing 10 selected areas throughout the city by looking at the number of bins tipped verses the number of possible participants. During the first week of…

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Could the Times be celebrating Mike Connors’ slash in responsibility?

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The Tampa Bay Times posted a scathing story about St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman’s scaling back of a key staffer’s role. Public Works Administrator Mike Connors will oversee 200 fewer employees as a result of a staffing change that removes him from power over the city’s sanitation department, which includes its newly rolled out recycling program. He also is being removed as the head of the city’s purchasing department, which oversaw the purchase of seven recycling pickup trucks. Despite the…

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Three neighborhoods rally to make St. Pete recycling more flexible

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A coalition of traditional neighborhoods in St. Pete is angry the city has still not responded to repeated requests for alley recycling pickup, mirroring the way trash is picked up in those areas. Alley access is available in 40 percent of St. Pete neighborhoods, but the city’s newly rolled out universal recycling program only collects recycling from the 95 gallon blue rolling bins from the curbside. The neighborhoods, Historic Old Northeast, Granada Terrace, Historic Kenwood and the Saint Petersburg Downtown…

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Rick Kriseman thanks residents for 54 percent recycling participation rate on day one

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In his weekly Sunblast that hit email subscribers’ inboxes Thursday, St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman is thanking residents for what he hopes was a successful beginning to the long-awaited program. “We’re very excited about the numbers we’re hearing,” Kriseman said in a video announcement. “It really looks like this community is stepping it up and getting involved in this program.” According to the city, the participation rate on the first day of recycling pickup this Monday was 54 percent. That’s…

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St. Pete sanitation app lauded as useful recycling tool

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St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman is encouraging residents to take advantage of a city app called “St. Pete Collects” to help with the rollout of the city’s new recycling program. “Our St. Pete Collects app is super helpful; solid waste/recycling info, reminders, Waste Wizard tool. Go to your Google Play or App store,” Kriseman wrote on his Facebook page Tuesday morning. The app contains a tool in which users can enter an item into a search bar in the “Waste…

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Patience needed in recycling battle

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Local media coverage has extensively covered the curbside recycling rollout that kicked off Monday, officially ending St. Pete’s reign as Florida’s largest city without a universal program. That sounds like a good thing, but the issue has been marred by controversy because the bins are only being picked up curbside despite 40 percent of St. Pete homes having alley access where trash is picked up. Reporters across the board have reported on the city’s optimism and the concerns of residents…

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