Recycling center will have to move

To be relocated...

The City of Sisters will eventually have to move its recycling center out of the current space located behind the Sisters Fire Hall.

The Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District has purchased the property from the city for expanded facilities.

"We know we'll have to move it," said Sisters Public Works Director Gary Frazee.

The move won't be immediate, and the city isn't sure just where to put the recycling facility, which has grown into a bustling enterprise over the past few years.

The site could be moved to the parking lot behind future city hall facilities on Adams Street.

"However, that's probably not our number-one choice," Frazee said.

The city owns a plot of land on Curtis Court in the Industrial Park, Frazee noted. That could be a viable location.

Frazee indicated that the city would look into siting a new recycling center near the entrance to the municipal sewer system treatment plant.

He noted that neighbors off Locust Street might not like the extra traffic to the site.

"I don't know if that would fly, but it would probably be the best location," Frazee said.