COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | OCTOBER 28, 2021 | 9A
Fall brings annual leaf pickup
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C ottage G rove
Fall is in the air, the
temperatures are getting
cooler, rain is starting
to fall and tree leaves
are changing color and
starting to drop from the
trees.
Beginning this Mon-
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day, Oct. 25, the first
round of leaf pickup
started. City staff will be
working to pick up res-
idential piles of leaves
placed in approved areas
along city streets.
Residents are allowed
to place leaves on city
streets in street parking
sites near the street gut-
ter without blocking it.
Residents are asked not
to block bike and traffic
lanes or place leaves on
streets with no on-street
parking.
There is a leaf dump
site at the Row River
Water Treatment Plant at
3300 Row River Road or
in the pull-out lanes on
River Road.
Do not put leaves in
plastic bags and place
only leaves in piles; no
branches, shrub prun-
ings, blackberry vines,
lawn clippings, rocks,
metal or other debris.
Additional leaf pick-
up dates are Nov. 15
through Nov. 19 and
Dec. 13 through the Dec.
17. Piling up the tree
leaves helps keep them
out of the city stormwa-
ter drainage system, al-
lowing the rain to flow
out of the city without
flooding properties. For
additional information
or questions regarding
the leaf pickup please
call the city Public
Works and Development
Department at 541-942-
3349.
from A1
in the middle of the night,
waking people up,” said
Wooten.
The new “incremental
tones” would gradually
increase volume in or-
der to reduce stressors on
crew and reduce fatigue,
tachycardia and potential-
ly long-term physical and
psychological disorders.
An increase in staffing
is expected as the dis-
trict’s coverage area grows
in population as well,
prompting a need for larg-
er facilities.
“We don’t have any room
to add more staffing, even
if we found the money to
do it,” said Wooten. “We
don’t have anywhere to put
them.”
The possibility of add-
ing another Cottage Grove
station on the east side of
town has even been float-
ed.
And like the Creswell
station, the current Cot-
tage Grove station has also
reached the limit of its
lifespan, which is around
40 to 50 years.
The new committee will
consider these and other
details over the next sev-
eral months by soliciting
community feedback and
insights.
“Really we just want the
stakeholder group to look
at it and give the board
some honest feedback
on what the community
wants from a remodel or
new facility,” said Wooten.
To realize the final
plans, including the Cre-
swell project, funding will
likely have to be achieved
by lumping them together
into a single general obli-
gation bond, which should
be seen on the ballot some-
time next year.
Wooten projected that,
even if the bond goes on
the ballot and passes next
May, construction costs
could prohibit any move-
ment until the second
or third quarter of 2022,
when supply chain issues
are expected to resolve.
“So maybe part of the
conversation, maybe what
comes out of the stake-
holder meeting, is that
it’s not a good time to put
a bond on the ballot,” he
said. “And if that’s the case,
then we’ll wait. But we at
least need to have those
conversations now and
find out what people will
support.”
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they were basically built
for one gender in terms of
dorms, locker space and
shower facilities,” said SL-
CFR Fire Chief John Woo-
ten. “So we have to address
that.”
Currently, only the Sagi-
naw station provides sepa-
rate facilities for male and
female trainees.
Although SLCFR does
not employ any full-time
female career staff, there
are four female members
between the district’s res-
ident and reserve pro-
grams.
“But as we go out for
hiring, we’re seeing more
and more female appli-
cants that are perfectly
capable of doing the job,”
said Wooten.
The district is also look-
ing at adding dedicated
paramedic positions to its
roster, which would en-
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Also on the wish list
are “heart friendly” tones
which alert responders to
emergencies.
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that we have actually are
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