City Of Sioux Falls: Survey Update

Press release from the City of Sioux Falls:

August 13, 2021

We are currently seeking feedback from the community so we can learn more about everyone’s garbage container placement and collection behavior. We are encouraging all City employees who reside within the city to participate in the survey as your feedback as a resident is very important to us.

This survey will inform next steps for a possible update of City garbage container placement requirements. Survey results will be provided to the Mayor and City Council for their consideration. Currently, there is no proposal in front of the City Council to change the existing ordinance.

Background

The City of Sioux Falls has an ordinance in place (Ordinance 57.022) that requires residents to place their waste containers “in an inconspicuous place beside or behind the structure that is reasonably accessible to” a garbage hauler. In other words, curbside placement is prohibited even on collection days.

In April 2020, the Sioux Falls City Council adopted an emergency ordinance that allowed for curbside placement. The emergency ordinance was in response to a potential labor shortage of the waste haulers during the Covid-19 pandemic. This emergency ordinance ended in April 2021.

Please follow the link to the survey here. Thank you for your input!

This press release was produced by the City of Sioux Falls. The views expressed here are the author’s own.