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Cape Coral weighs extending Waste Pro contract or launching RFP as collection rates climb
Summary
City staff outlined two main options to the Cape Coral City Council for solid‑waste collection: a negotiated early extension with Waste Pro that would sharply raise resident assessments or an 18‑month RFP process that could avoid a single large increase but carries transition risks.
City staff presented a detailed review of Cape Coral’s solid-waste collection contract and two options for how to proceed after council-directed negotiations with current contractor Waste Pro during the Committee of the Whole on Feb. 26.
Solid Waste Manager Terry Schweitzer told council the city’s long-running franchise contract with Waste Pro began in 2010 and, after multiple amendments, currently runs to Sept. 30, 2027. The city has grown from roughly 59,000 households under that contract in 2010 to more than 94,000 today. Schweitzer said staff negotiated service and accountability improvements with Waste Pro and outlined two takeover paths: an early extension or a new procurement.
Under the early-extension option, Schweitzer said residential assessments would jump from about $13.72 per month now to either $23.63 or $26.56 per month beginning Oct. 1, 2025, depending on which negotiated path the council accepts; commercial rates would rise as well. Schweitzer presented the tradeoffs: the higher…
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