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City adopts change order to Constable Sanitation contract and amends chapter 11 rules for residential waste
Summary
City Council approved change order No. 1 to the Constable Sanitation residential collection contract and adopted amendments to Ordinance 59‑20 (chapter 11) to clarify residential service unit counts, invoice timing, vacation holds and allow homeowners association waivers for pre‑existing subdivision contracts.
The Warrensburg City Council on Feb. 10 approved change order No. 1 to the city’s residential solid waste and recycling contract with Constable Sanitation Inc. and adopted an accompanying amendment to Ordinance 59‑20 (chapter 11 of the city code) that refines definitions and billing rules for the residential service program.
Why it matters: the change order and ordinance amendments clarify billing and service definitions that determine which units are included in city collection, how invoicing and payment timing work, and how certain homeowners associations can request waivers. Those clarifications affect billing counts and which properties participate in the city’s new residential collection program.
Barbara Carroll, Director of Community Development, told council members that change order No. 1 amends section 2.1 of the contract to define "residential service unit" so that each dwelling unit within a multi‑unit structure counts as a separate residential service unit (for example, a duplex counts as two units, a fourplex as four units). Carroll said the change order also amends section 8.4 to expand the existing fourplex waiver language so it can include homeowners association (HOA) waivers where an HOA previously contracted for collection on behalf of all units before Sept. 9, 2024.
Carroll said the city knows of two subdivisions that previously had HOA‑level contracts; Savannah Commons has requested a waiver. She told council Savannah Commons contains 64 units and would need to request to waive out by April 1, 2025 if it meets the ordinance criteria. "In the event that there are other HOAs that would meet that requirement, and qualify, they would need to come forward prior to 04/01/2025 and request to waive out," Carroll said.
Carroll also described changes to invoicing (section 42.1) after city staff and the contractor reviewed software and address lists. Under the revised schedule the contractor will provide a home count on the first of each month, invoice based on that count on the first, and the city will pay by the 15th of the following month — providing the city up to roughly 45 days to remit payment. Carroll said tonnage reporting requirements remain unchanged.
Councilmembers also considered amendments to vacation holds (section 11‑38(f)). The revised language spells out that a vacation month runs from the calendar day to the last calendar day of that month and limits accounts to one vacation hold per city fiscal year (Oct. 1–Sept. 30). Carroll said the fiscal‑year timing would better accommodate residents who winter elsewhere.
Action: Council moved to adopt the ordinance authorizing the city manager and city clerk to execute Change Order No. 1 with Constable Sanitation Inc. and adopted the ordinance amending Ordinance 59‑20. Votes were recorded as unanimous yes by Councilmembers Kushner, Osborne, Latari, Jones and Mayor Euler.
The council packet materials, Carroll said, include the contract text and ordinance language online for further review.
Sources: Presentation to Warrensburg City Council by Barbara Carroll, Director of Community Development (Feb. 10, 2025); Ordinance 59‑20 (amendment text referenced in meeting).
