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Residents urge Portage council to delay single-hauler waste contract amid petition and legal concerns
Summary
Multiple residents urged Portage City Council to postpone the March 2026 start of a single-hauler waste contract, citing a citizen petition likely to qualify for a May 2026 ballot and contract provisions (liens, bulky-waste terms) they say were not sufficiently vetted; council did not take action to pause the contract during the meeting.
Jay Williams, a Portage resident, asked the city council on Oct. 21 to postpone the March 2026 start date for the city’s new single-hauler waste-management contract until after a likely May 2026 citizen vote, arguing the “take back the trash” petition will give voters a chance to decide and that implementing the contract before the ballot would be ‘‘irresponsible and immoral.’'
Other residents who spoke during the public-comment period reinforced Williams’s concerns. Les Minor told the council he was “appalled” to find a clause in the contract allowing a vendor to file liens on…
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