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Mayfield Heights council approves 3-year extension with Kimball Recycling
Summary
Council approved a three-year extension to the city's solid-waste contract with Kimball Recycling and Waste Disposal Inc., with negotiated caps on CPI-based increases and an accommodation for disabled residents.
Mayfield Heights City Council on April 14 approved a three-year extension of the city's contract with Kimball Recycling and Waste Disposal Inc. for weekly curbside collection and recycling.
The action, adopted as Resolution 2025-13 and declared an emergency, authorizes the mayor to extend the existing contract. Assistant Service Director Chuck Brunello told council the original agreement began Jan. 1, 2021, and expires May 31, 2025; the contract contains an option for three additional years. Brunello said the company’s extension years typically track the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which he identified as 5.2 percent at present, but that Kimball agreed to a reduced increase of 4 percent for the first extension year and 3.8 percent for years two and three.
The extension will keep Mayfield Heights’ monthly household rate below comparable communities, Brunello said; he told council neighboring cities are charging about $23 per household and that the city’s highest year in the extension would result in approximately $18.92 per month.
Why it matters: the contract governs curbside solid-waste and recycling collection for residents and represents a predictable operating expense for the city. Brunello told council the larger waste-collection industry is facing workforce challenges and said the city has a good working relationship with Kimball.
Council discussion and votes: Council moved and approved suspending the rules and then approved the resolution. Councilmember Balestreya publicly thanked Brunello for negotiating lower rates, saying, “Thanks, Chuck.” The roll-call votes recorded in the meeting transcript show all members voting in favor; the resolution was adopted.
Additional service detail: Brunello said Kimball will provide at no additional charge assistance to disabled residents who present a doctor’s note and sign an affidavit indicating they have no other assistance for moving their cans to and from the curb.
Ending: The resolution directs the mayor to execute the extension under the existing contract provisions. Specific contract language and the extension schedule were distributed to council in a memorandum from Brunello prior to the vote.
