Plant City Observer
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FREE • THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2021
PLANT CITY’S NEWEST TEAM: Dumpasaurus, Tippy, Oscar and Cart-Right
The Name That Truck! Contest for the Cart-To-Curb program received more than 100 submissions from the community. Four were selected as top-tier nominations and the new trucks revealed their clever names Monday night before the city commission meeting. BREANNE WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER
Residents got a sneak peak at the city’s new automated trash collection trucks last week during a special ceremony where the winners of the naming contest received prize packages for their winning entry. Just before the community headed in to City Hall to take part in the first commission meeting of the month a crowd gathered in the circle in front of the building to take in the new automated trucks. Four trucks bearing four unique names were onsite for the event. As part of the Cart-To-Curb rollout the
City of Plant City held a Name That Truck! Contest and received more than 100 entries as the community came out in force to have a chance to name one of the new vehicles. “Our residents showed their excitement for CartTo-Curb with their creative name suggestions for our newest trucks, and we were thrilled with their response,” Jill Sessions, director of Solid Waste for Plant City, said. “These trucks are great additions to our community. CartTo-Curb will increase the efficiency of trash collection in the city and create a safer, healthier work environment for our employees.
It also will reduce operating costs, help stabilize rates, and improve the cleanliness of our neighborhoods.” The residents who won the Name That Truck! Contest attended the meeting and posed in front of the trucks bearing their clever names as commissioners and city staff applauded their creativity. The names are displayed across the truck’s cab doors and each of the four winners received a prize package for their efforts. CONTINUES ON PG. 5
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The winners of the Name That Truck! Contest with Plant City staff and commissioners.