Mailbag: Residents speak against single hauler trash service

We, as residents of Lyons, wish to combine our voices to speak out against a town mandatory single-hauler trash service (sometimes referred to as Pay As You Throw, or PAYT).

We are a combination of Western, United, and One Way clients, as well as those who don’t currently have a trash service at all. We urge you all to vote against this overreach by the town government.

We are happy with the garbage systems we use. Some of us don’t even have a trash service now because we generate so little actual trash. Some of us take it to work, or share service with a neighbor. Some of us have been with our current provider for many years and have no complaints. All of this will change if this is approved because it is mandatory for all households in the town of Lyons. 

We already pay to recycle, each and every one of us, because our taxes support the town Recycle Center. The center is not going away and we will continue to use it.

Selecting one monopoly trash hauler, and a new town utility, would have been a done deal. The decision wasn’t even going to be up for a vote until a group of Lyons residents, from all parts of our community, took action to assure we all have a choice in the future. We just need to vote Yes on Resolution 2020-09 which gives us the right to decide on this utility for ourselves, and No on the Board of Trustees’ single hauler trash service.

Your Friends and Neighbors,

Nicholas Angelo*

Maureen and Randy Arthur

Patty Ayala

Dennis Bachy

Abe and Jene Bergan

Natalie and Rob Boggess

Bill Boone

Robert Brakenridge*

Monica Brooks

Amber and Mark Burton

Loretta Bunyan

Jim Crowder

Dave and Linda Daniels

Robert Danson

Renee de Alba

Becky Deveny

Erin Donnelly

Janet Wilson Edwards

Joycelyn and Steve Fankhouser

Joanne Farmer

Kristine and Nick Fuster

Quinton Giese

Albert and Linda Goranson

Albert and Olena Goranson

David and Sharon Gouge

Dean and Mindy Huff

John and Sarah Hunter

John Lamb

Jan McCain

Jared McCain

Jim McCain

Cindy and Pete Moffitt

Ifka and James Morton

Charles and Sara Olson

Melissa Romero

Kathy Shulkin-Jensen

Pamela Sichel

Bill and Cherine Steel

Helen V

Juli and Kenyon* Waugh

 *denotes candidates running for office. Letter edited for clarity.