{"id":196321,"date":"2025-08-25T20:36:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T01:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=196321"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T01:36:46","slug":"dozens-of-trash-vouchers-claimed-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/08\/25\/dozens-of-trash-vouchers-claimed-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of trash vouchers claimed so far"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trash vouchers for Van Wert city residents have proven to be popular so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During Monday night\u2019s meeting of Van Wert City Council, Mayor Ken Markward said 206 such vouchers have been picked up since they first became available on Monday, August 18. The vouchers, which can be used next month, can be picked up in the Water Office or via the drive-up window, both at the Municipal Building on E. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ken-Markward-8-2025-e1756166767501.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-196323\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mayor Ken Markward updates Van Wert City Council on trash vouchers offered by the city. <em>Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a limit of one voucher per household and Markward explained they\u2019re meant for larger or bulker items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou cannot take bags of trash, but you can take almost anything else,\u201d Markward said. \u201cHowever, there are some things you are not allowed to take \u2013 car tires, cans of paint \u2013 it says on the voucher what you cannot take. If it\u2019s not on the list you can take it so right away you think of things like couches and mattresses, but also broken lawn furniture, artificial Christmas trees, lamps \u2013 just anything that\u2019s kind of awkward to stick in a trash bag.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents will be responsible for transporting the voucher items to Young\u2019s Waste on E. Jackson St. during business hours throughout the month of September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201cHopefully no one thinks they can call Young\u2019s and have them come and get it, because that\u2019s not the way it works,\u201d Markward said. \u201cYou have to take it, then instead of paying you give them the voucher.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday night\u2019s council meeting was brief, just 29 minutes. Council members heard the second reading of legislation to permanently make the intersections of S. Walnut St. and Central Ave. and S. Market St. and Central Ave. four way stops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Ordinances adjusting penalties for habitual junk and rubbish offenders will be prepared for the next meeting, along with legislation that will allow the city to opt-in to the state\u2019s opioid settlement. The amount the city is due to receive is to be determined. Legislation dealing with ambulance rates is also being prepared by Law Director John Hatcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two representatives from AEP were scheduled to speak to council Monday night, but they did not appear at the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next meeting of Van Wert City Council will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, September 8, in Council Chambers on the second floor of the Municipal Building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor Trash vouchers for Van Wert city residents have proven to be popular so far. During Monday night\u2019s meeting of Van Wert City Council, Mayor Ken Markward said 206 such vouchers have been picked up since they first became available on Monday, August 18. The vouchers, which can be used next month, can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-03 01:53:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196321"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196332,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196321\/revisions\/196332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}