Text Box: TRASH/RECYCLING COLLECTION TIMES Tuesday & Friday--all trash, except heavyweight objects. Tuesday--recyclables, including plastic, metal and glass. Newspapers tied or in paper grocery bags. Wednesday—garden refuse, cut into four-foot lengths and tied, placed in compostable leaf/grass bags, or in a large trash container labeled “Recycling” and used only for yard waste. Last Friday of the month--heavy or large quantity of discardables. If you have any trash or recycling pick up problems call Waste Management directly at 301-340-0774 and ask for Dispatch. Text Box: TRASH, RECYCLING PICKUP PROBLEMS? Call Waste Management directly at 301-340-0774. Ask for Customer Service Text Box: NEED NEW RECYCLING BIN? If your green recycling bin has been damaged, or if you are a new resident and didn’t find a bin when you moved in, you are eligible for a new one. You may also ask for an extra if one bin is insufficient. Just call the town office and indicate if you are trading in an old one or ordering a new one. Text Box: BUILDING IN GLEN ECHO Glen Echo town building permits are required for all building of any kind in Glen Echo. The fee is $2. The town permit is required before building can commence, and is in addition to any required county permit. A permit is also required before “razing, felling or erecting any building, structure, tree or any object which may endanger or cause reasonable apprehension of damage” to people or adjoining property.” Town ordinances require a town grading permit before the start of any grading, clearing, filling or other earth change which may introduce sediment into any town watercourse, move more than 100 cubic yards of earth, or involve a project cost of $500 or more. The town council must be given 60 days notice before any tree more than 10 feet high or four inches in trunk diameter is removed or limbs are cut back to stubs larger than three inches in diameter. Permits are not required for minor interior repairs where there is no interference with the construction of the building or alterations which do not involve any change in structural parts of the house. Application for a town building permit should be made in writing to the town Clerk/Treasurer accompanied by drawings and tracings sufficient to convey the extent and character of the work to be done. A brochure, “Building in Glen Echo,” is also available from the Clerk/Treasurer at the town hall. Text Box: SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS Nancy Long—use or rental of the Town Hall Eve Arber—vehicle control, abandoned autos Tim Maloy—streets and sewers Dan Macy—long-term improvements and bike path If you wish to discuss any of these items, please call the respective councilmember directly. Phone numbers are listed on p. 2 of The Echo.