Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Committee recommends RFP for parishwide residential trash contract after staff outlines manual updates
Summary
Calcasieu Parish’s Solid Waste and Litter Abatement Committee reviewed proposed edits to the Solid Waste Management Manual and voted to recommend that the full Police Jury advertise an RFP for a five‑year residential solid-waste collection contract, citing priorities such as local customer service, operations dashboards and a tiered liquidated‑damages system.
The Solid Waste and Litter Abatement Committee recommended that the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury advertise a request for proposals for residential solid‑waste collection and disposal services after staff presented proposed revisions to the Solid Waste Management Manual.
At the meeting, Public Works presenter Mister Wainwright said the current five‑year curbside contract is in its final year and covers roughly 24,000 directly serviced homes and about 28,000–29,000 services overall. "It's about 7 and a half million dollar contract," he said, noting the contract touches nearly every parish household weekly.
Wainwright described the manual changes as…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
