By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
While the City of Great Bend is still sorting through all the numbers from this fall’s citywide cleanup, the cost to the city was down significantly due to not accepting tires this year. The third consecutive cleanup spanned over nine days in late October at Sunflower Diversified Services.
Great Bend City Administrator Logan Burns said after all the invoices, the total cost for the dumpsters was $3,788.
"Comparing this to last year, I think we were in the $40,000 range when we were taking tires," said Burns. "Big decrease. This does not include any equipment or labor costs. We'll be working on getting some of those numbers."
Last year’s tire disposal fee was nearly $40,000. Last year’s cleanup saw residents fill 76 dumpsters, with the majority of the items consisting of 160 tons of tires.
A quality-of-life feature, the citywide cleanup allows citizens to dump off metal, mattresses, appliances and other items with city staff helping during the drop-off.