The City of Shelbyville spent more than $50,000 during spring clean-up week.

The five-day “heavy trash” collection week (April 17-21) had its challenges, according to Street Department supervisor Dave Fannin, who appeared before the Board of Works Tuesday morning at City Hall.

A total of 117 trash truck loads were collected and dumped at a cost of $25,811.

Twenty-nine employees worked 40-hour weeks at a cost of $22,008.

Over 800 gallons of diesel fuel were used totaling just over $3,000.

Three trash truck tires had to be replaced during the week for another $1,500 in expenses.

A big cylinder in a trash truck had to be replaced at another $3,000.

“It was a whole department effort,” said Fannin. “I can’t say enough about the guys. I couldn’t have asked for a better crew to make that possible.”

Fannin thanked several city businesses and restaurants that purchased lunch for the street department during its busiest week of the year.

One week each year, the street department loosens trash collection restrictions to help residents clean out unwanted items. A total of 686 mattresses were collected, according to Fannin.

In other board business Tuesday:

• Issued an order to appear to the owner of a nuisance property at 350 E. Pennsylvania St.
• Reaffirmed a motion regarding an unsafe building at 492 E. Mechanic St. The owner has offered to sell the property to the City of Shelbyville but it does not have a clean title, according to plan commission director Adam Rude. Two separate fires have rendered the house and garage unsafe and the owner does not have the means to “fix” the property. The city is interested in purchasing the property with a clean title.
• Awarded the paving contract to Crim & Sons, Inc. to pave a stretch of walking trail from Habig St. to near the Shelbyville/Shelby County Animal Shelter.

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