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City budget includes three-year solid-waste contract and new line items for abandoned campers, carts and consultant
Summary
Councilors reviewed a separated waste collection cost center for a July 2024 three-year contract with Capital Waste Services, new annual purchases of replacement trash carts, and proposed consultant and disposal funds for abandoned campers, trailers and boats.
The City Council heard details on June 5 about the city’s waste collection and disposal budget, which now sits in its own cost center after being split from the Department of Facilities and Fleet Management. Director Jennifer Viera said the city entered a three-year contract with Capital Waste Services in July 2024 and that the FY26 budget reflects contractual rate increases in that agreement.
Viera described recurring purchases and operational costs tied to the contract: parts and repair funds for trash carts, and an order strategy that purchases in truckload quantities (examples cited: 304 95-gallon carts, 288…
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