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City hears annual performance update from Community Waste Disposal, approves Oct. 1 cost adjustment notice
Summary
Community Waste Disposal presented operational statistics, recycling and household hazardous-waste programs, and proposed an October 1 contract cost adjustment that staff said would equal about $0.88 per home per month (roughly 4.4%). Council received the update; no formal vote on contract amendment was taken at the meeting.
The Southlake City Council received an annual performance update Aug. 5 from its solid-waste contractor, Community Waste Disposal (CWD), including service metrics, program descriptions and a proposed contract cost adjustment effective Oct. 1.
Lauren Lane, public works staff, summarized the city's contract with CWD, which began Oct. 1, 2023, and covers twice-weekly residential trash collection, recycling, commercial services and city event dumpsters. Lane said the contract contains performance measures and an annual review tied to a possible five-year term renewal and that any increase above 3% requires council approval under the contract; an increase above 8% would trigger an extraordinary increase clause.
Jason Raymer, president of CWD, presented data…
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