The ad below will run twice in the Oshkosh Northwestern. For that privilege, Gannett collects $815 of taxpayer money.
NOTICE OF
CITY OF OSHKOSH
SPRING YARD CLEAN UP
2008
CITY OF OSHKOSH
SPRING YARD CLEAN UP
2008
The City of Oshkosh will be collecting yard waste starting April 21st and continuing through May 9th, 2008. Material must be placed only in PAPER BIODEGRADABLE BAGS. No other containers or bags will be collected. Bags must be out for collection by 7:00 a.m. on the normal solid waste collection day. Brush that has a diameter of less than three (3) inches will also be collected during this period. Brush should be tied in bundles not to exceed four (4) feet in length or fifty (50) pounds in weight.
Residents may also take yard waste and brush to the City Garage drop-off facility located on Idaho Street just south of Witzel Avenue. Note: A PERMIT IS REQUIRED TO ACCESS THE DROP-OFF FACILITY. The hours of operation are Monday through Friday 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturday or Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The yard waste drop-off facility is closed on holidays. Please empty all bags and containers at the drop-off facility. For more information, call (920) 232-5383 or (920) 232-5380, Monday through Friday, between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
PLEASE NOTE THAT NO YARD WASTE OR LEAVES WILL BE COLLECTED FROM THE TERRACE UNLESS IT IS IN A PAPER BIODEGRADABLE BAG.
Residents may also take yard waste and brush to the City Garage drop-off facility located on Idaho Street just south of Witzel Avenue. Note: A PERMIT IS REQUIRED TO ACCESS THE DROP-OFF FACILITY. The hours of operation are Monday through Friday 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturday or Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The yard waste drop-off facility is closed on holidays. Please empty all bags and containers at the drop-off facility. For more information, call (920) 232-5383 or (920) 232-5380, Monday through Friday, between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
PLEASE NOTE THAT NO YARD WASTE OR LEAVES WILL BE COLLECTED FROM THE TERRACE UNLESS IT IS IN A PAPER BIODEGRADABLE BAG.
5 comments:
is it not free to make that same announcement on the city website or cable access channel?
Tony while watching you on OCAT i noticed you were not wearing a flag on your lapel. please explain yourself.
Even if a notice were sent out with a quarterly city newsletter or with your water bill, I suspect the cost would be substantially more.
I'm not quite sure what the intent of your post is. I get the feeling from your post that your problem is with Gannet's cost to run the notice.
Why not attach some responsibility for your cost concern to the city and request alternate, more cost effective ideas for giving residents additional notice?
The point is transparency and openness, which the Northwestern keeps insisting they are for. I think taxpayers have a right to know that in a one-newspaper monopoly town, it costs $815 to publish a 214 word ad twice.
You are right that we need to find more cost-effective ways to get city messages out. Last year at a council meeting and in this blog I did report the amount of taxpayer money spent on print advertising not required by statute. At the council meeting I requested that alternatives be investigated, but to my knowledge that has not happened yet.
Tony-
Put the request for an update/report on alternatives/costs on the meeting agenda.
:)
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