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Florence staff recommends extending Rumpke solid waste contract; monthly residential rate would rise to $7.02

2626876 · February 12, 2025
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Summary

City staff presented a proposed two-year extension of the Rumpke residential solid waste and recycling contract that would raise the residential waste fee from $6.62 to $7.02 per month and recycling from $4.41 to $4.67, noting low complaint counts and below-market rates compared with neighboring cities.

City staff recommended the council use a two-year option to extend the city’s solid waste and recycling contract with Rumpke, citing historically low complaint levels and rates that remain lower than neighboring jurisdictions.

Eric Hall summarized the contract history: a contract that began April 1, 2019, after a 2018 rebid included a two-year term with up to four optional two-year extensions. The…

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