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Council approves Waste Connections items; company cites 3.8% CPI increase
Summary
Waste Connections district manager Abel Moreno told the council a 3.8% CPI increase equates to about $0.55 per household and supports equipment and labor costs; council approved the related consent items and discussed a two‑year contract extension and a future recycling workshop.
Abel Moreno, district manager for Waste Connections, appeared before the Saginaw City Council and said the company's annual CPI adjustment for the garbage index is 3.8, which Moreno cited as roughly a $0.55 per household increase to cover higher truck and equipment costs and staff retention.
Moreno reviewed the long partnership between Waste Connections and the city and said the company is open to presenting recycling options and to discussing recycling cart sizes (18‑gallon to 65‑ or 95‑gallon). He also referenced a proposed two‑year extension of the service contract before the council and offered to bring a workshop on recycling costs and options.
Council accepted the consent agenda items that included Waste Connections' contract items after a motion and vote. Council asked staff to schedule a recycling workshop and to return with options and cost estimates for larger recycling carts.
No detailed vote tally naming individual members was read into the record on the item in the transcript; the presiding official announced the motion passed.
