City officials said they are impressed with the first three months of performance from its garbage collection contract with Waste Pro.
Mayor Diane Delaware said the city made the right call by contracting out its garbage service.
“We have received a few complaints, but Waste Pro is doing a very good job for the city,” she said. “If we look at statistical evidence, we have made a good decision.”
Delaware, along with Public Works Director Danny Miller, recently met with Waste Pro to review the last 90 days of its progress. The two city officials said there are talks in motion with Waste Pro providing a list of complaints it may receive from citizens in an effort to resolve any issues.
“(Miller) will establish a working relationship with their operational manager,” Delaware said. “Within the next 90 days, we will have those reports done. Working with Waste Pro, we will also do a survey that will allow our citizens to provide feedback that will be activated.”
Waste Pro will soon be providing magnets to residents with contact information.
But Delaware said the city will negotiate the use of Waste Pro parking its vehicles at the city barn.
“We are continuing to negotiate with them, and we should have that worked out within the next couple of weeks,” she added.
Ward 3 Alderman Gregory Robertson asked if the negotiations involving Waste Pro parking at the city barn could be a “retroactive” approach.
“They have been doing it from the inception and they were told by the previous public works director (Walter Williams), according to them and according to him, that they would park there,” Delaware said.
“Did (Williams) have that right, or was it to be with this board,” Robertson asked.
“He didn’t have that right, but you all allowed him to have that right because you kept him here,” Delaware replied.
Robertson said Williams, however, “is not here now.”
“He isn’t here now,” Delaware said. “We will go back into negotiations, and I will come back to the board, tell you what we have come to and we will make some decisions.”
