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Cornish council to audit garbage billing after hauler and town counts diverge
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Summary
Council members flagged a mismatch between Econowaste's can count and the town's billing list, agreed to move records into GWorks for reliable reporting, and voted to pay routine bills including a gWorks installment and a county trail planning charge.
Council members directed staff to audit town trash billing after discovering the hauler's can count did not match the town's billing list. One council member said Econowaste is reporting 106 cans while the town's billing shows 96, a discrepancy that means the town is being charged for cans it is not billing to residents.
Chris (Speaker 4) said he had pulled reports showing an invoice-by-invoice comparison and recommended moving the master records into GWorks so the town can generate accurate, auditable reports to send to Econowaste. "When we do that... trash that spreadsheet and take the actual numbers," the Chair (Speaker 2) said; Chris told the council GWorks allows customizable reporting and should simplify future audits.
On the mechanics of landfill charges, Chris explained the landfill operator bills the town by can rather than actual weight: "They just bill us, oh, $6.50 a can," he said. That means the town must ensure its billed can count covers the landfill fee the town will be charged by the operator.
The council also reviewed routine bills and approved payment. Members discussed a Cass County municipal assessment and a trails planning assistance charge shown in the invoice ($554.80); the Chair said the gWorks installment had arrived and that the town would pay the bills. The council moved, seconded and recorded 'Aye' votes approving payment.
What happens next: staff will reconcile the can-counts, update the list the town sends to the hauler, and complete the migration to GWorks to produce consistent monthly reporting for the landfill fee and billing.
