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Walled Lake council debates response to repeated Priority Waste pickup delays
Summary
Council heard sustained complaints about late and missed residential garbage collections since Priority Waste’s contract takeover, debated options including litigation or withholding payment, and agreed to invite Priority Waste leadership to the October meeting while staff pursues operational fixes.
Walled Lake’s City Council devoted the longest discussion of its meeting to residents’ complaints about repeated late or missed garbage pickups since Priority Waste assumed service under the countywide contract. Council members, the mayor and city manager described ongoing reliability problems, discussed potential responses — including litigation, withholding payment or renegotiating service days — and agreed to press the contractor for improvements and invite Priority Waste leaders to the council’s October meeting to explain operational plans.
The exchange began when a council member said “we do have a bad situation going on in Walled Lake with the garbage pickup,” summarizing emails and calls from…
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