About 120 business people attended Mayor Lucy Johnson’s State of the City address at the Plum Creek Golf Course clubhouse last week. She said the city is completing needed infrastructure upgrades. (Photo by Cyndy Slovak-Barton)
Kyle in good shape, mayor says
Invoking Kyle’s history as a hard-knocks railroad town, Mayor Lucy Johnson said the city is thriving despite the national economic downturn, in her annual state of the city address.
She touted progress on ongoing improvements to the Interstate 35 corridor; completion of renovations to Old Kyle City Hall and the forthcoming realignment of FM 150 and reconstruction of Dacy Lane.
“This past year marked both the completion and beginning of many essential city projects,” Johnson said.
Hosted by the Kyle Area Chamber of Commerce, the address was sponsored this year by the Hilltop Center for Cancer Care.
Residents who do not want the extra carts can call the company to have them removed after 30 days, officials say. For information, visit www.texasdisposal.com/kyle, or call 1-800-375-8375.
New recycling program in Kyle
Kyle begins curbside pickup for single-stream recycling and compost on April 4, becoming the first city in Central Texas to provide both services to residential customers.
Customers can put unsorted recyclables — including paper, bottles, cans and empty containers made of plastic, metal or glass — into the cart with a tan lid. The cart with a green lid is intended for compost and yard debris including grass clippings, tree and shrub limbs, cardboard and paper towels.
Trash will continue to be collected weekly on the same pickup day in place currently. The recycling and compost carts will be collected twice a month on alternating weeks.
Monthly trash charges will increase from $14.28 a month to $17.22 a month to pay Texas Disposal Systems for the expanded service.
