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Public Works committee holds trash‑removal contract bid after questions about recycling and sole bidder
Summary
The committee voted to hold Resolution 21874, a proposed 24‑month term contract (with two 12‑month options) for county trash removal services, after members raised questions about recycling provisions, bulky‑item collection and the lack of competing bidders.
Manuel Barcomb, chair of the Jackson County Public Works Committee, moved to hold consideration of Resolution 21874, a proposed 24‑month term supply contract with two 12‑month extension options for county trash removal services, after committee members raised questions about recycling provisions and the scope of services.
The item, introduced by Barbara Casimino of the county purchasing department, would award consolidated trash‑removal services to a single vendor. “Waste Management is usually the only respondent. They’re the only one big enough to take on this contract,” Casimino said, noting Waste Management has been the incumbent and…
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