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Lake Wales officials propose 90-day trial to restore weekly bulk and yard waste pickup after contract clerical error
Summary
City staff told commissioners they will correct an ordinance after a clerical error left bulk and yard waste on an every-other-week schedule; Republic Services offered a trial and quoted a $2.07 monthly option to restore weekly pickup.
An ordinance to correct language in the city's solid-waste contract will return to the City Commission after staff said a clerical error left bulk and yard waste on an every-other-week pickup schedule rather than weekly. The city's finance director said Republic Services offered a short trial period and a monthly surcharge residents could accept to restore weekly service.
The correction matters because the contract language the city adopted did not match what staff said was negotiated. Dorothy Abbott, the city's director of finance, told the commission she intended the contract to reflect the…
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