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The city council has not commented on the claim, but said residents "should not be dumping waste on the street", and should be taking their bin bags to mobile waste centres or recycling depots.

The city council said the need to "modernise the waste service and eliminate any future equal pay risk" was unrelated to the debt issues it has.

Mia Love's political career formally started in 2003 when she won a seat on the Saratoga Springs' city council, and she later became the mayor, aged 34.

Piles of bin bags have grown high on some city streets, as a pay dispute between workers and the city council drags on.

The city council disputes the sum quoted by the union and the numbers of staff affected, adding it had offered alternatives including promotion to driver roles.