MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — Public works officials are facing blowback over newly announced changes to how the city will collect leaves from people’s homes.
One alderman said if the Department of Public Works (DPW) doesn’t reverse course on its plans, he hopes the Common Council will take that into consideration when setting the department’s next budget.
DPW Commissioner Jerrel Kruschke told the council’s public works committee Wednesday the city will start asking residents to put their leaves in bags and set them curbside. The city’s past practice has been to let people rake their leaves into the street along the curb, then sweepers come by to scoop them up…