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I Council to Vote TodayOn Pickup at CurbsideBy CLAUDIA TOWNSENDIt was anybody's guess Sunday nightv.: bether Atlanta will have curbsid;, garbagepickuP by Monday night.Th~ City Council is set to vote Mondayon a highly controversial curbside pickupplan, ~ by Mayor Maynard Jacksonas part of a package to provide raises forlow-paid city workers. But the majority ofthe council memben sunday e1~r didn'tknow bow they were going to vote, or theyweretl 't telling. ..From Page t·.\.A Constitution poll of the council memobers Sunda~ showed four councilmen readyto vote agamst the curbside plan two whowill vote for it, and 10 who either hadn'tUned with garbage cans and the inconven·ience to ciuaens of having to carry their gar·balJ"l to the streets - is reminiscent of theuproar heard in DeKalb county last yearwhen a curbside plan was instituted there.Despilc initial citizen complaint, however,DeKalb officials say the curbside planis working well there. Cit.i1.ens were recentlyoffered the opportunity to return to back·J'ard coUection on an individual basis -theY were willing to pay doUble the normalgarbage fee for the service.Less than 40 of the county'S residentsappned for the baCkyard pickup; an indica·tion, according to public seroCl'!S administratorJerry Dover, of hOw .... -en·saUsfiedmost now are with curbside.Mlanta councimen George Cotsakis.Buddy Fowlkes, Nick LambrOS and RichardGutmnln Jr., who exp:essed opposiuon toifdecided or wouldn't comment on their decisions.A 17th councilman, Morris Finley saidSaturday that he will support the propo~J.Jackson presented the idea to the c0uncilThu~day as part of a package designedto provide raises for city workers earningunder $20,000 annually, with the major increasesto go to those workers making lessthan $9.048.CUrbside pickUp drew heavy criticismfrom most of the more than 100 citizens whoatt.ended a public hearing Saturday on theproposal.. The controversy at the hearing - centenngon the unattractiveness of streetaSee COtn\CIL, Page lI·Athe plan Sunday, dt.ed lack of research behindit, possible problems with its implementation,and lack of time for citizen responseas their reasons."'nlere's no way in the world 1 could gowith this proposal," Fowlkes said. "Thereare too many fallades in it."COWlcUman James Howard, on theother hand, said he will vote for the curbsideplan beCause "It's a better system and itgives the community better service thanwhat we haveoow."Councilman Charles Helms said, "Obvi·ouslY v:e have to vote for the wage iocreaSIe_ we'd be wreak~ haIXJC if \\'e didn't, ei·ther thrOUgh an employe strike or whatever.'I1js is the only plan that we have: it is not ahalf-baked or an iU-coneeived idea"FInley said Saturday"" will support theplan beCause garbage