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Residents press council for clearer communication on sanitation privatization as council approves routine budget resolutions
Summary
Multiple residents urged clearer, timely communication after council authorized administration to seek bids for privatizing sanitation services; council also moved and passed several appropriation resolutions and scheduled a public hearing for an alley-vacation ordinance on March 19.
Public comment at the London City Council meeting centered on concern over the administrations move to seek bids for privatizing sanitation and the information residents have received about what the councils vote authorized.
Britney Hall (1056 Amherst Boulevard) said many residents mistakenly believe the sanitation department has already been privatized and faulted the city for not providing clearer, real-time notifications about what the councils vote did and did not authorize. "Right now, many residents are under the impression that the sanitation department has already been privatized, and that decision is final," Hall said, asking who is responsible for communicating major service changes, why there was no pre-vote explanation and what will change so residents are informed earlier.
Kevin Crosley (1044 Portway) and Donna Martin (231 South Main Street) echoed concerns about potential service reductions and hidden…
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