Research snapshot · Waste · 31 August 2026

Solid waste operations in New York: 14 towns on the record, the pace easing

This page is a snapshot, cut 31 August 2026, of a topic that moves. Below is the shape of the movement, read from the towns' own meeting records, and the way to get a view of it that stays current.

Snapshot taken 31 August 2026, based on 13 dated municipal records flagged as solid waste operations in New York, spanning 14 municipalities. The topic moves; a later cut supersedes this page.

What this page is for one topic at state or national scope, told as a story: how it arrived, the shape of its movement, a dated snapshot of a moving record, and the door to a view of it that stays current. If it does not, write to us; that is what changes the next edition.

The story so far

The record starts in Madison County, 10 November 2020. Since then 14 New York towns have put the topic on a meeting record, the newest of them Lockport on 12 August 2026.

The last 90 days put 2 meetings on the record, down from 3 in the 90 days before.

It runs through the rooms where budgets and ordinances are made: Town Board, Common Council Agendas and and Mayor&#39s State of the City Addresses.

The shape of the movement

Dated meetings on the record at this scope, quarter by quarter, and the same 90-day count as a rolling line, whose right-hand point is that number. Counts of documents, never a reading of what they decided.
QuarterMeetingsTowns
Sep 2025 to Nov 202544
Dec 2025 to Feb 202622
Mar 2026 to May 202633
Jun 2026 to Aug 2026 (current)22

a rolling 90-day total, so the right-hand point is that same 90-day count. The busiest stretch was Sep 2025 to Nov 2025, with 4 meetings.

The towns on the record14, earliest first

Every New York town carrying the topic, the earliest first, each with its latest document.
Madison Countyearliest 2020-11-10 · 1 meeting · latest 2020-11-10 · the minutes AgendaCenter minutes
Garden Cityearliest 2023-06-28 · 1 meeting · latest 2023-06-28 · the document Mayor's Message - June 28, 2023 (PDF)
Uticaearliest 2025-11-06 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-06-24 · the minutes 060426 Plan Commission Meeting Minutes- DRAFT
Valley Streamearliest 2025-11-10 · 1 meeting · latest 2025-11-10 · the minutes Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes - 11-10-25
Glen Coveearliest 2025-11-13 · 1 meeting · latest 2025-11-13 · the document M 05 11 2021 Adopted
Websterearliest 2025-11-20 · 1 meeting · latest 2025-11-20 · the agenda November 20, 2025 Agenda Updated
Cohoesearliest 2026-01-27 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-01-27 · the minutes Minutes — Common Council Agendas and Minutes
Mount Vernonearliest 2026-02-11 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-02-11 · the agenda City Council Regular Meeting Agenda
Alfredearliest 2026-03-12 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-03-12 · the minutes February 2026 Meeting Minutes
Irondequoitearliest 2026-04-21 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-04-21 · the agenda Town Board Meeting Packet - April 21. 2026 (PDF)
Lackawannaearliest 2026-05-08 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-05-08 · the budget Mayor’s Proposed Budget 2026-27 Dated 5.8.2026
Lockportearliest 2026-08-12 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-08-12 · the minutes 8.12.2026 Minutes (1)
Amsterdamdated to the year only
Hempsteaddated to the year only

From the record

The most recent documents behind this page, one per town. Each link opens the town's own file.

12 August 2026 · Lockport

the minutes, on the town's own site 8.12.2026 Minutes (1)

24 June 2026 · Utica

the minutes, on the town's own site 060426 Plan Commission Meeting Minutes- DRAFT

8 May 2026 · Lackawanna

the budget, on the town's own site Mayor’s Proposed Budget 2026-27 Dated 5.8.2026

21 April 2026 · Irondequoit Town Board

the agenda, on the town's own site Town Board Meeting Packet - April 21. 2026 (PDF)

Companies on this record48 companies, 12 documents

Named in the same documents that carry this topic, read from the record itself: the firms designing, building and advising the work, each with where the record places them:
AECOMMadison County
Albany County Executive Dan McCoyCohoes
AmbulnzCohoes
AppleGarden City
Association of TownsAlfred
BoardGarden City
Bonadio GroupIrondequoit
Brookfield Renewable EnergyCohoes
CHIPSCohoes
DASH by DAYSMARTValley Stream
DAYSMARTValley Stream
Engineering DepartmentGarden City
Erie PowerCohoes
Fairway Golf Car Corp.Valley Stream
Federal Emergency Management AgencyMadison County
Finance and PlanningMount Vernon
Fleet Feet/Yellowjacket RacingIrondequoit
FogleLockport
ForeNetGlen Cove
Glen Cove Rotary ClubGlen Cove
Irondequoit Bay Fish & Game ClubIrondequoit
Journal of ProceedingsLockport
Kings Landing Waste Treatment PlantIrondequoit
KirchbergerLockport
L.K. McLean Associates P.C.Glen Cove
Lansing’s ParkCohoes
McConville Considine Cooman & Morin PCIrondequoit
Mid-State Industries, LTD.Cohoes
Mohawk-Hudson Bike PathCohoes
Nassau County Traffic Safety STOP DWI ProgramGarden City

And 18 more companies.

The documents naming each, and the threads they sit in, are the account view. If one of these is you, those are your projects on the record. Ask and we will show you every one, and the towns around them, as they move.

A snapshot of a moving record

Everything above is frozen at 31 August 2026; the topic is not. 132 more events on this topic carry no usable date and are counted, never dated. The counts follow where we read most: a town or a state absent here was not read at depth, and absence is not evidence the topic is absent there. A lighter-read state is not a ceiling; where you care about a region, pointing the system there is the first thing an account changes. How coverage is built, and its known limits: municipalalpha.com/methodology.

How we can tell you about it ongoing

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Solid waste operations, New York

from the towns' own meeting records

Scope

New York

every topic this state carries

Area

Waste

every topic in this area

Towns on the record

14

with a dated document on this topic

Earliest

10 November 2020

the documents' dates

Meetings, last 90 days

2 against 3 before

dated documents

Snapshot cut

31 August 2026

this page's date

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