Progress on leaf pick up, water plant repairs

CLINTON — Leaf pick up began in the city on October 22.

“And, the new leaf vac has helped tremendously to accomplish three full cycles in the city since October 22,” said Nan Crang, commissioner of streets and public improvements.

Crang said the city was the furthest along in seasonal leaf pick up it had ever been at this point.

“It’s ahead of last year’s or any other previous year,” Crang said. She said maintenance to city alleyways would begin at about the time the leaf pick up concluded.



Public property

Commissioner John Wise said the new aerator was installed at the water plant and working well. He also said the department’s new sodium hydrochloride tank was now in service.

“So, that’s a real reduction in what it was costing us per gallon,” Wise said. “That’s going to save us quite a bit in a year’s time.

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