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Erlanger City Council signals informal support to pursue two-year extension of Rumpke waste contract after missed pickups
Summary
City staff reported 68 service concerns across two reporting periods, including a missed recycling pickup in the Sherborne subdivision; council conducted a straw poll in favor of moving forward with a two‑year extension rather than immediate rebidding.
City staff reported performance figures and recent missed pickups and the Erlanger City Council held a straw poll indicating informal support to pursue a two‑year extension of the city’s waste-collection contract with Rumpke.
A city staff member told the council that Rumpke services about 7,600 parcels in Erlanger and that about 1,900 of those residents participate in the recycling program. "The total number of concerns that we received for fiscal year '24 was 43," the staff member said, and the staff member added that the current fiscal year’s tally rose from 18 to 25 after an incident the day before the meeting, bringing the two‑period total to 68.
The figures mattered because the council was asked whether to go back out to bid for waste collection or to accept the next two‑year renewal period with the current provider and have city staff prepare a…
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