It's officially Spring and Summer is just around the corner. Folks are heading to City Park but some are staying away from the lake because of all the geese waste.

"Those are Canadian geese, they were never meant to be here, they're out of there element and quite frankly, people feeding them has created this unhealthy situation for both the geese and the public," says Parkersburg Mayor Bob Newell.

Wednesday, the "poopetrators" were no where to be found, but they've left a trail, a big one, so you better watch where you step.

The waste amounts to over 150 pounds a day creating an unsightly and unsanitary problem.

"It's causing an elevated E. Coli problem in the water. In the Summer time, it gets worse because number one, there's more geese, number two, the heat elevates it," says Mayor Newell.

That number two is why Mayor Newell is suggesting the city bring in help from the Department Of Agriculture to test the E. Coli levels throughout the Summer. It's a dangerous bacteria that area resident Carrie Cunningham worries her daughter Madeline will be exposed to.

"Especially with the baby, I mean it's something you don't want to drive your stroller over to the pond knowing that it's there," says Cunningham.

Newell says euthanization is the last resort but one possible solution is intimidating the geese until they fly home.

"They come in and rattle their eggs, which means they disturb the eggs so they don't reproduce. They use techniques to scare the geese away and make them uncomfortable to be around those city parks," says Newell.

City Council will vote in 2 weeks on whether they will spend the money and bring in specialists from the Department Of Agriculture.

It could cost anywhere between $12 and $14,000, but Newell says it won't be a waste.