The commission agreed this week to start working on a rule requiring garbage service for all households in the unincorporated areas of the county which includes Eastpoint, Alligator Point and St. George Island.
The action is being taken to address the growing problem of household trash being left on the sides of roads where it then becomes everyone’s problem
Franklin County provides roadside pickup for yard trash and say that many people who do not have trash pickup simply hide their household trash under their yard trash so that the county picks it up.
Commissioners feel the rule would also help address the problem of people using county recycling bins to dump their trash.
That problem has gotten so bad that the county has been forced to close down a number of recycling sites.
Solid waste director Fonda David said going to mandatory trash pickup would be a big help to the solid waste department because it would mean less trash that his department has to separate and dispose of.
Besides saving money, it would also help the landfill from falling behind on its yard trash pickup schedule, which in turn would help the county look better.
And it might even keep black bears from being so active in communities since there would be less easily accessible garbage to eat.
Wakulla County already has mandatory garbage service and it is a charge paid on the property tax bill.
Wakulla County residents pay $180 a year, which is equivalent to $15 dollars per month – that’s less than most people in Franklin County pay for garbage service.
Commissioners said there would be some issues that would have to be worked out, including how to deal with people who could not afford the service and those who live in such remote area that the garbage trucks might not go there.
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