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Highland Park opens solid-waste bids; no responses received for street sweeping
Summary
City council opened a sealed bid from Priority Waste for residential solid-waste service and forwarded it to administration for pricing analysis; no bids were received for the street‑sweeping contract. Council voted to close both bid processes.
The Highland Park City Council opened sealed bids June 2 for two public contracts: residential solid-waste disposal and street sweeping. The council accepted a single bid from Priority Waste for the solid‑waste contract and forwarded the bid documents to city administration for cost calculations; no bids were submitted for the street‑sweeping contract.
Council president Thomas led the June 2 meeting and the board opened the solid‑waste bids after a motion from Councilwoman Manuka and support from Councilwoman Martin. Deputy clerk read the vendor information aloud: a single sealed bid from Priority Waste, 45000 River Ridge Drive, Clinton Township. The council then voted to forward the bid to administration for further review and cost‑modeling; the motion passed on a roll call vote (Ashafi, Martin, Manuka, Robinson and Thomas voting yes).
The bid documents included unit pricing the deputy clerk read into the record: a three‑year contract with two optional one‑year renewals; Year 1 residential pickup at $13.75 per unit per week and $18.50 for the full leaf season, Year 2 at $14.30 per unit/week ($19.06 leaf season), Year 3 at $14.87 per unit/week ($19.63 leaf season), optional Year 4 at $15.46/$20.22 and optional Year 5 at $16.08/$20.83.
Brett Quiddiquit, identified as manager of municipal relations for Priority Waste, told the council he could not provide a five‑year total until the city supplied the number of active residential units. "I cannot answer to you because I don't wanna answer on behalf of Paul who controls the account," Quiddiquit said, adding that the company needs an accurate unit count to avoid over‑ or under‑charging the city.
On street sweeping, the council opened subitem 5(b) and recorded that no bids were received. Council members voted to close the street‑sweeping bid process.
The council recorded formal motions to open each bid package, to move the solid‑waste submittal to administration for review, and to close both bid processes. Administration will return with total cost estimates and a recommended contract action for council consideration at a future meeting.
Votes at a glance: opening and moving the solid‑waste bid to administration — Ashafi, Martin, Manuka, Robinson and Thomas: yes; moving and closing the street‑sweeping bid — unanimous to close (no bids received).
