October 20, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
Starting October 30 and going forward all 12 DeKalb County Garbage Collection Convenience sites will be closed on Sundays but open Mondays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m.
County Mayor Matt Adcock said he has made this decision to give the 24 part time employees who man the convenience sites Sundays off and to bring more uniformity to the operating hours during the week. Each of the employees will be scheduled to work 27 hours per week.
“I believe our county convenience site employees deserve the opportunity to have Sundays off with their families and if they want to attend church everyone has the same opportunity. Even if they attend church on Saturday, it can be accommodated for them. Under this schedule, each employee will work three days and be off four days,” said County Mayor Adcock.
“Many sites are closed on different days and the hours of operation were all different. This is a uniform strategy to have all sites open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. This gives the majority of the people the opportunity and convenience of disposing of their trash after they get off work. No matter which end of the county they are on that day, you can expect that the days and hours of operation will be the same. Please be patient with us as we implement this change. This will take effect October 30th,” said County Mayor Adcock.