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Details on enforcement methods and team for organics collection
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Council Member Shaun Abreu inquires about the enforcement methods and team size for organics collection. Acting Commissioner Javier Lojan provides details on the enforcement process and personnel involved.
- Lojan clarifies that enforcement will be based on proper sorting, not just the presence of bins
- The enforcement team consists of 203 sector supervisors who monitor various aspects of sanitation
- These supervisors will incorporate organics collection enforcement into their regular duties
- There is no dedicated staff specifically for organics collection enforcement
Shaun Abreu
1:36:25
Just one quick question on that.
1:36:28
Is the what's gonna be the primary basis for enforcement?
1:36:31
Is it gonna be the presence of bins primarily at this phase?
1:36:33
Or is it also the the sorting?
Javier Lojan
1:36:36
No.
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It's gonna be the sorting.
1:36:37
That that's the only way the violation is valid.
1:36:39
If the bin's not there, but they're finding another way to maybe they're doing their own compost in the backyard.
1:36:45
I don't know.
1:36:45
But And
Shaun Abreu
1:36:46
what what are you anticipating in terms of enforcement?
1:36:48
Like, big is the team gonna be?
1:36:50
Like
Javier Lojan
1:36:51
So what what right now, we have 203 sector supervisors that are assigned to areas across the city every day.
1:37:00
Those are the same people that monitor the street sweeping and do everything else, and they're the only ones that are gonna be monitoring this.
1:37:06
We're not we don't have any dedicated staff for this.
1:37:09
So but in their travels as they're checking the streets, if they find violations, those are the ones that they're gonna be issuing summonses
Shaun Abreu
1:37:15
to.
1:37:16
Salamanca.