Roger Cox said while he lived at Vincennes, stickers were stolen from his trash bags.

“Not only that, you had to go from store to store to store to get the stickers,” Cox said. “Some stores were always out of them. You would have trash backed up in your house for days.”

After all that, Haag brought up the grass pickup. The mayor said currently the city spends $1,500 a week to pick up the grass of 150 city residents. He then asked for a motion to do away with it.

“I would love to make a motion to cease that,” Haag said.

After the vote, Kidd and other members in the audience applauded.

While not discussed at length during the meeting, Haag said the recycling program could be implemented in a timely basis.

“Understand that the program would have to be geared up over time and if the public is interested,” Haag said. “The sale of the recyclables would subsidize the program.”