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HOLIDAY TRASH SCHEDULE & INFORMATION (Excluding the Ranch @ Gardnerville) NO YARD WASTE pickup the week of Christmas or New Years. Remember not to put trash in your brown can. Please make sure to always have your cans out by 6 a.m. Christmas tree recycling pick up will be on Dec 29th and Jan 5th. Please do not put your Christmas trees in your green waste cans. Put them off to the side with all decoraƟons removed. If you miss the Christmas Tree pickup, you can put your trees out on your extra trash day (the 3rd trash day of the month). Back by popular demand! EXTRA EXTRA trash is coming the week between Christmas and New Years. Bundle or bag your extra trash and place 3 feet from your cans by 6:00 a.m. on your regularly scheduled trash day. We will take care of the rest! Please have 3 feet between each can and other obstacles where possible. Our new truck needs a bit more room to avoid knock‐ ing cans over or causing property damage. 2018 TOWN BOARD Matt Bernard, Chairman [EMAIL REDACTED] Glen Radtke, Vice-Chairman [EMAIL REDACTED] Bill Souligny, Member [EMAIL REDACTED] Roxanne Stangle, Member [EMAIL REDACTED] John Stephans, Member [EMAIL REDACTED] Board meetings are held the first Wednes- day of every month at 5:30 pm in the CVIC Hall. 1604 Esmeralda Ave, Ste 101, Minden, NV 89423 www.townofminden.com Phone (775) 782‐5976 Fax (775) 782‐5287 Chairman’s Corner I would like to first thank my fellow Board Members for their trust and confidence in electing me as the Chairman for the upcoming year. This was a great Christmas. I am proud of Minden but never prouder than at Christmas time. Big kudos to the Town Staff for making this time of year so amazing! We have some big plans for this next year. We are making updates to the plan for prosperity and would like to invite you to get involved in the pro- cess. Truly this Resident Board looks forward to having you come and to hear your thoughts and ideas. Merry Christmas and have a wonderful New Year! ~Matt Bernard Town Administrative Staff: Jenifer Davidson, Town Manager Ted Thran, Accountant Rachel Hamer, Admin Services Mgr. Michelle Brown, Secretary Alicia Dickerson, Office Specialist Town Public Works Staff: JD Frisby, Public Works Superintendent Jeff Cady, Water Operations Manager Alex Brown, Maintenance Supervisor Dan Kistler, Maintenance Lead Saul Alvarez–Cruz, Maintenance Specialist Rick Dekruyf, Maintenance Specialist Chris Murphy, Utilities Tech II Jason Parke, Utilities Tech I Mike Scerri, Maintenance Assistant Fred Sitterley, Sanitation Specialist Lucas Whitmore, Maintenance Assistant Ronnie Wyman, Utilities Tech I As a reminder, to ensure the effec‐ Ɵveness of our storm drains please do not intenƟonally blow leaves into the streets. This could clog the drains which could cause flooding and other damage. ---PAGE BREAK--- Our trash guys do their best to pick up whatever you have to put out; however, there are some items that are just not safe to be handled with the regular trash. Hazardous household waste such as Ɵres, old TVs & computers, paints, solvents, pesƟcides & ferƟlizers, aerosol cans, motor oil & gas, as well as household chemicals & cleaners should nev‐ er be placed in your garbage can. Instead, call Douglas Dis‐ posal at 782‐5713 for guidance on disposal of these and other hazardous items. Together we can keep you and the trash guys safe— as well as properly take care of this harm‐ ful waste. Snow Removal Please remember to: Keep the sidewalk in front of your property clear. Do not shovel the snow into the street. Put it on your grass for a little more moisture when it melts! The Town will only plow the streets if there is accumulation of at least 4” on the ground with a projection of more to come within the next 12 hours. The roads are plowed to the middle of most streets. This is to prevent large berms from accumulating in front of sidewalks and driveways. The complete snow policy is available from the Town Office as well as on the website at www.townofminden.com. FROM THE TOWN OF MINDEN FAMILY TO YOURS… WE WISH YOU HAPPY HOLIDAYS. THANK YOU FOR A FABULOUS 2017! HERE’S TO MAKING MORE GLORIOUS MINDEN MEMORIES TOGETHER IN 2018! EVENTS 12/17-2/1 Renovation of the CVIC Hall 1/1 Happy New Years! 2/3 CVCT Stars of Tomorrow—CVIC 2/9 CVAC Concert—CVIC 2/10 Rosebuds Dance Band Concert—CVIC 2/27 UNR Cooperative Extension Program—CVIC 3/3 DHS Talent Show 3/9 CVAC Concert—CVIC 3/10 POPS Orchestra Concert 3/18 Carson Valley Sinfonia Concert 3/24 Kiwanis Ham Bingo 3/30 Tahoe Adventure Film Festival Our website is officially up and run- ning! Please take a look around. Our Town Board Meeting Agendas, Packets, and Minutes are available on there as well. Visit us today! www.TownofMinden.com Pilot Recycling Program Update This spring and early summer the Town of Minden Partnered with Douglas Dis- posal and the Town of Gardnerville on a pilot curbside recycling program. 140 Minden homes were selected to partici- pate in the program, 430 homes total. 78,440 lbs of materials were collected and processed for recycling. When surveyed, the majority of pilot program participants indicated that they thought a recycling program was valuable; however, 74% of respondents advised they would not pay more than 4$ per month in addition to their existing trash rates for the service. With the data collected during the program, Staff also assembled cost esti- mates and presented them to the Town Board. If the program were mandatory for DDI, Town of Gardnerville and the Town of Minden, Staff estimate the cost would be $6-8 per month per Min- den resident, $18-$24 per quarter. Without 100% participation by every customer, this cost would increase. This cost estimate does not include the cost of equipment needed to establish this service Town wide, and infrastructure investments that would need to be made at the transfer station to accommodate the vol- ume of materials that would be processed for recycling. Based on this information the Town Board decided not to proceed with the creation of a curbside recycling program at this time. The Board instead directed staff to pursue adding a recycling drop-off location in Minden for residents to use for free. Town Staff are working with Douglas Disposal to bring this option to Minden this spring. When the drop-off location opens, information will be add- ed to the Town website, on Facebook and Twitter. Stay tuned! —Jenifer Davidson