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Votes at a glance: New Britain council approves trash contract, bond reduction, escrow release and park bench expenditure
Summary
At its June 10 meeting the New Britain Borough Council approved the consent agenda and passed motions to award the trash contract to Waste Management (with monthly bulk pickup alternate), reduce the Waste Management performance bond for 2026, release escrow for Heritage Crown, and approve a $1,969.34 park bench expenditure for Friends of New Britain Park.
The New Britain Borough Council took several formal actions at its June 10, 2026 meeting, approving routine items and a set of business motions by voice vote.
What the council approved: - Consent agenda: Council approved minutes from the prior meeting, the monthly treasurer’s report and the unpaid bills list on a single voice vote (motion moved by Steve, second by Lauren). - Trash contract award: Council approved awarding the 2027–2031 trash collection contract to Waste Management, including an alternate that provides one monthly bulk-item pickup per subject unit; approval was subject to staff (John and colleagues) completing a final review of the contract package. - Bond reduction: Council approved Waste Management’s request to reduce the contract performance bond to reflect the remaining 2026 contract obligation (staff calculated the 2026 contract amount at roughly $321,000); staff said the reduction is consistent with contract language and appropriate because only one year remains on the contract. - Escrow release: Council approved Escrow Release No. 4 to the Heritage Crown project in the amount of $159,349.20 for completed site work; staff reported remaining escrow will be slightly more than $323,000 and noted a standard punch-list process remains. - Friends of New Britain Park expenditure: Council approved a $1,969.34 payment to Friends of New Britain Park for a memorial bench already purchased and installed (includes modest landscaping to follow in the fall).
How votes were recorded: All items were passed by voice vote; the transcript records ‘All in favor say I’ and ‘Motion carries’ for each approved motion. No roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.
Next procedural steps: Staff will finalize contract documents for the trash contract, proceed with the escrow accounting for Heritage Crown, and process the Friends of New Britain Park payment. The council moved to adjourn at the meeting’s close.
