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Brenda Wallace, who frequently served as the City of Saskatoon’s spokeswoman for controversial changes to trash collection, was fired on Friday.

Wallace, the city’s director of environmental and corporate initiatives, had been tasked with explaining a massive shift in how residents pay for garbage pickup and a new organic waste collection program.

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The City of Saskatoon city manager Jeff Jorgenson said the city would be able to comment on Wednesday. Wallace could not be reached.

“The City’s environmental files are strategic priorities for the City,” a statement released by the city said. “While we understand and appreciate the public interest in any possible changes to the civic administration, we respectfully decline interviews as the City does not discuss employee-employer matters in public.”

On Nov. 19, city council voted 6-5 to adopt a new trash collection system for single-family homes featuring three different cart sizes that will be paid for with variable user fees. At the same meeting, council also voted to introduce an organic waste pickup program for single-family homes.