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Refuse and single‑stream recycling bids opened; commissioners table decisions to May 21
Summary
Clerk read two bids for single‑stream refuse/recycling: Casella bid $249,096.18 and Waste Management bid $169,764.64. Commissioners voted to table the bids and refer them to Purchasing (review) and consider them at the May 21 meeting.
At the May 14 meeting the Carbon County clerk opened bids for the county's refuse collection and single‑stream recycling contract and the board moved to table decisions pending review by Purchasing.
The clerk read the two bids aloud: Casella (Newmanstown, Pa.) submitted a bid of $249,096.18 and provided a 10% bid bond; Waste Management of Pennsylvania (Kutztown) submitted a bid of $169,764.64 with a 10% bond. After the clerk finished reading the bids a commissioner moved to table the items until the May 21 meeting and to turn the bids over to Purchasing for review; the motion was seconded and carried by voice/roll call.
Commissioners did not discuss price details or service specifications on the record; they deferred technical review to Purchasing and Planning & Development and scheduled further action for the next meeting. Several other procurement items and related contracts read later in the meeting were handled the same way, with bids read into the record and motions to refer and table for May 21 review.
What happens next: Purchasing will review the bids and Planning & Development will prepare recommendations for the commissioners' May 21 meeting. The board took no final award action on May 14.
Attributions: Bid amounts and bidders are reported from the clerk's reading of the bids at the meeting; the decision to table and refer was made by motion from the commissioners and recorded in the meeting minutes.
