Workers will also soon go door to door to inform those impacted by the change.

According to Mark Clanton, director of the city's public works department, workers will shift to a four-day, 10-hour work week on July 7 in an effort to save Shelbyville money. As a result, the Friday garbage route will be phased out.

Clanton says if your current garbage day is Friday, the new pickup day will be Wednesday.

If your current trash day is Tuesday and you live on Fairfield Pike from North Main Street to Deery Street, west of Deery on East Cedar, East Highland or North Jefferson Streets, or in Legends subdivision on Fairfield Pike, your new pickup day is Monday.

However, the most significant change is for Tuesday collection.

If you live south of Madison Street, which includes North Brittain Street, East Franklin Street, East Lane Street, East Holland Street, Depot Street, Evans Street, Whitthorne Street, Park Place, North Main Street, Cherry Street, Birch Street, Forrest Avenue, Sycamore Drive, Tremont Drive, Ligon Drive, Wildwood Drive, Whispering Oaks Drive, South Wall Street, Triangle Circle, Wartrace Pike or Cypress Street, the new pickup day is Thursday.

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday routes will stay the same except for the above exceptions, Clanton said. The new routes "line everything out" and should be more efficient, he explained.

"I tried to redo the routes to conserve fuel and get more productivity out of what we've got," Clanton said.

Notices will also be placed on the doors of homes to be impacted by the schedule shift.

Any further questions about the changes can be directed to the public works department at 684-2644.

Clanton added that even though the department will shift to a four-day schedule, they will keep a skeleton crew of two to handle any situation that may arise and workers will be on an "on call" basis as well. The public works office will remain open on Fridays.

Clanton estimated that shifting to a four-day work week will save a "tremendous amount of money in fuel" -- as much as $20,000 to $30,000 a year.

"The way gas prices are running, we'd have to look at it over a year before we have any idea how much it would save," he said.