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Show Garbage rates increased, emergency equipment acquired Garbage pickup service for Pleasant Grove residents will be going up by 30 cents per month as a result of a ral increase approved by the City Council Tuesday. Laidlaw Waste Systems had ' requested the 30 cents per month rate hike because of increased costs for dumping at the landfill. The cities using the landfill have had to purchase additional ground and prepare it for use as a landfill. Tipping fees were raised for this purpose. The approved rate increase will not be a profit to Laidlaw, the council was told. Donna Brock, former Pleasant Grove councilwoman, expressed support for the increase and appreciation ap-preciation for the way the garbage pickup is handled. The council noted that there have been very few complaints and felt that the service has generally been excellent. Dave Vickers, president of the Pleasant Grove Ambulance Association, demonstrated the defibrillator equipment which the city recently acquired through local funds and a matching state grant. The equipment includes a heart monitor that can print an EKG strip and also a tape recorder to record the activities. Eight members of the ambulance association have completed com-pleted the training necessary to use the equipment and they have been tested. The defibrillator will be placed on the Rescue Truck. CPR needs to be initiated within the first four minutes and the defibrillator in eight minutes to be effective, Vickers said. Since the Rescue vehicle is usually the first on the scene, the equipment could be used immediately. im-mediately. He told the council the new equipment will greatly improve the life support capability of the Ambulance Am-bulance Association. |
