Carrie Carroll on Mandatory Garbage Ordinance

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Sep 28, 2010

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Caller 1:
There was a complete step skipped in the way this was put on the ballot. And you guys were not given a choice to say “Yes” or “No,” “We will adopt this” or “We will not adopt this.”

Carrie Carroll:
Thank you for the call and I’m going to disagree on that statement because we actually did have a chance if we wanted to enact the ordinance that evening that we brought it forward. Ahm, in fact, I sponsored the bill along with, ah, there were five of us on the council who sponsored the bill to move it forward on the ballot and we had absolutely every opportunity at that moment if we had chosen to go ahead and enact the ordinance at that time. Basically the citizens gathered enough signatures. They were certified, brought before the council and we had two choices: either to enact the ordinance or place it on the ballot, and we made the choice, that in this case, rather than enact it, and, and some cities do, but we felt we would like to see this, ah, brought forward. And in fact, it was unanimously, ah, council to bring it forward to a vote of the people and, and we could have enacted it that evening and some people might say, “Hey, that’s the council’s job. It’s a public health issue. Bring it forward.” But I feel it was brought forward by the citizens and I, I think we need to get it in front of the citizens.