With the warmer days of spring and summer coming, the Danville Public Works committee were busy during Tuesday’s (March 11th) meeting, passing along a couple fee schedule adjustments to the full council. The first stop was the yard waste facility. Director of Public Works Dave Ruwe says the idea is to simplify things. Now, instead of $20 per cubic yard for regular yard waste; it will be $20 for a standard pickup bed with no sides, $100 for a pickup pulling a trailer or a pickup with sides, and $400 for a semi load. But if the load is only leaves and grass, it will be $10 for a standard pickup, and $40 for a trailer load or truck with sides.
Audio PlayerAUDIO: They’ll still have to come by the Public Works office to get tickets, and to pay for whatever load they have. This is a good way to just simplify things to where there’s less question to what the cost is.
Once they have their ticket from the Public Works building, they can head for the Danville Yard Waste Facility, just east of Bowman on the Liberty Lane dirt road extension.
Far right, Danville Director of Public Transportation Steve White. Second from right, Danville Director of Public Works Dave Ruwe.
Meanwhile, the fee schedule for the Garfield Park pool is set for 2025. It will still be $8 per person, $4 per person from visiting not-for-profits, three and under free. There is no punch pass this year, as that was a temporary thing last year because of uncertainty of the opening date. Season passes for the full 2025 season at the Garfield Pool, however, will be $250 for a family pass of up to four members with a maximum of two adults; with up to three additional members $40 per additional person. Individual season passes will be $120, with senior individual memberships for $100. All of this is pending approval by the full Danville City Council.
Director of Public Transportation Steve White mentioned that the previously talked about deal where state funding would combine Danville Public Transportation and the CRIS Rural Mass Transit District will not be happening for likely another year. White says the state still has some research to do; so for 2025, Danville Public Transportation will still be getting state funding on their own.
Audio PlayerAUDIO: There’s a route study that has to be done. It’s actually in the state’s hands right now. They’ll come in and do a route study to figure out where we need to be, where we don’t need to be; where CRIS can handle the service. So, we’re looking at at least another year before that’s done.
White did mention, however, that once the state is giving funding to a combined entity of Danville Transportation and CRIS, they will likely still be getting close to the same funding as they are now, if you combine what they get individually.