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THURSDAY, APRIl, 29, 1999 signals recently installed on Brookdale Street, and was informed that this could be done if necessary. Council Member Koop asked about other work planned in the areas of Spruce Street and Brookdale, and was provided with update information on the reconfiguration of the intersection of these two meets, a planned service road, and sidewalk work between Windsor Lane and Indian Trail. Council Member Dallas ~-,. mentioned the need for better signage on Memorial Boulevard at the intersection of West Route 57 to prevent large trucks from turning West at that point. Council Member Haskell asked how the new bulk trash pick up program was going and was informed that it was going well, with the exception of abuse of the program by some landlords. Additional discussion took place about the merits of this program, its cost effectiveness and the need to continue and expand it. Other elements of the Public Works Budget discussed included Personnel, reserve funds for use as matching funds for work to be done by the Virginia Department of Transportation, parking lot maintenance, refuse disposal and land fill operations, and vehicle replacements. Physical Plant Expansion was also discussed, including closure of filled areas of the landfill, stabilization of its upper face, construction of a water drainage pipe for the facility and grading of a site for a future Transfer Station to provide a long term alternative for landfill disposal. In addition, legislative action on landfill operations, household recycling and drop-off boxes, and the failure of recycling in terms of cost effectiveness were also discussed. Council Member Koop asked the cost of proposed landfill plant expansion work, and was told that about $100,000 was budgeted for the items discussed for the upcoming fiscal year, monies to come from the Closure/Post Closure fund. Last to be discussed in the Public Works budget was the Street Maintenance program. Vice-Mayor Teague noted that the City was budgeting more than $.5 million for this effort beyond funds provided by the State. Council Member Roop asked that a list : of upcoming maintenance work be provided to Council, and that consideration be given to inclusion of the re-paving of the lower end of Mulberry Road out to the Breezes apartment complex in the new plan of work. Mr. Reynolds then noted that in the coming year the long standing deficit status of the Street Maintenance Fund would finally be eliminated by a transfer from the Electric Fund, as a result of a large repayment of overcharges to the City from America!tlF-it~etric Power.