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Councilors weigh rising recycling costs and contract options for municipal trash service
Summary
Commissioner Collins told the committee the city’s sanitation contract expires at the end of the coming fiscal year and recycling has become more expensive; private-sector consolidation and automation may make bids for automated collection cheaper than manual service.
Councilors and Commissioner Mike Collins discussed the upcoming sanitation contract renewal and growing recycling costs during the FY26 budget hearing.
Collins told the Committee on Finance and Property that the current contract will expire at the end of the coming fiscal year and that market changes — consolidation among vendors and the higher cost of recycling — will shape the request‑for‑proposal (RFP) the city must prepare. “For years, we made a little money on recycling or at least it was cost neutral and is now the tide has turned dramatically towards…
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