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Council approves small amendment to waste-hauler contract after staff finds tax-calculation error

2873313 · April 4, 2025
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Summary

Staff reported a billing overcharge of about $0.73 per account over two years in the city's waste contract; council approved a brief contract amendment to correct the calculation and accepted Waste Management's offer to support community events instead of issuing small refunds.

Duvall — Public Works Director Steve Lanzzewski told the council that the city and its contracted solid-waste provider discovered a formula error in the contract’s tax calculation that resulted in about $0.73 overcharge per account spanning two years.

Lanzzewski said the company had overcollected a…

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