Solid Waste Authority moves to redraw Service Area 6, weigh local-office requirement and yard-waste options

The Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority heard a staff presentation and discussed a package of changes to hauling contracts and service-area boundaries that would shift Service Area 6 into the northern portion of the current Service Area 3, preserve twice‑weekly garbage collection and change procurement requirements for MWBE-designated contracts.

Mr. Pelowitz, Solid Waste Authority staff, told the board the proposal would redraw Service Area 6 northward, keep the unit sizes comparable to today and retain an independent MWBE service area while removing the joint‑venture requirement previously imposed on proposers. “We propose moving Service Area 6 to the northern portion of the current Service Area 3,” he said. “The unit sizes and scopes between the current and proposed Service Area 6 are comparable.”

The presentation…