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Milwaukie council votes to end continuing solid-waste franchise model, sets fixed-term path
Summary
After a public hearing in which haulers urged amendment rather than termination, the council unanimously adopted an ordinance terminating the continuing rolling franchise and converting existing franchises to fixed 10-year terms (expiring 01/01/2035), while leaving open future code changes.
Milwaukie council members on Tuesday voted unanimously to terminate the city's continuing rolling solid-waste franchise model and to transition existing franchise agreements to fixed 10-year terms that staff said will expire Jan. 1, 2035.
Finance Director Michael Osborne told council that terminating the continuing 10-year rolling franchise would require the city to give 30 days' notice and that the ordinance under consideration would change the framework so existing franchisees move to a fixed term with an expiration date in 2035.
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