Free Dumpsters for property clean up

[wrobert]

Dumpster Availability
The Walton County Solid Waste Facility has made dumpsters available to Walton County citizens who have received Code Enforcement Violations or have had a structure fire on their property. Either instance must be accompanied by the proper supporting documentation. Property owners must complete a right of entry form as part of the request.

All dumpster request should be made by contacting:
Walton County Solid Waste Facility
892-8180


So if you pay taxes and do not violate the law, you have to go and pay for a dumpster. But if you let your property fall into disrepair, the get a CE violation, the taxpayer will give you one to clean up the mess.

 

[scooterbug44]

What is the logic behind this? Is there additional criteria you didn't post?

 

[wrobert]

What is the logic behind this? Is there additional criteria you didn't post?

No. Use to anyone could get one, all they had to do is ask, now you either have to be cleaning up after a fire or had a CE violation filed against you and they will provide you one.

Just another service that you the taxpayer are providing as well as direct competition with the private sector that provides jobs.

 

[scooterbug44]

So under the new rule, we are supplying FEWER dumpsters?

And those are only to people who have suffered fires or their property is in such need of clean-up that we have cited them for it.

I'm okay with that.

 

[wrobert]

So under the new rule, we are supplying FEWER dumpsters?

And those are only to people who have suffered fires or their property is in such need of clean-up that we have cited them for it.

I'm okay with that.

You would be because you are pretty consistent about being against personal responsibility.

The rule is new in that it changed to this about six or so years ago.

 

[scooterbug44]

Ah - so you don't think we should be supplying ANY dumpsters. (Sorry, I was confused as I am not up on my dumpster rules so I thought it was a new change.)

How many dumpsters a year do we provide?

What is the total cost of the program?

 

[wrobert]

Ah - so you don't think we should be supplying ANY dumpsters. (Sorry, I was confused as I am not up on my dumpster rules so I thought it was a new change.)

How many dumpsters a year do we provide?

What is the total cost of the program?

I have no idea. Good question, I will ask and get back to you on that. Probably will only be able to get the number that are supplied, I doubt that they keep up with deployment costs, maintenance, things of that nature. One of the tricks that government uses to try to prove that they can do it cheaper than the private sector. Not counting ALL the costs.

 

[ShallowsNole]

Often, people wind up with code violations because they cannot afford to get a dumpster to clean up their property. I was in that situation about 15 years ago, except nobody complained and code never came out here.