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Port Edwards committee hears competing trash-hauler proposals, compares prices and service terms
Summary
The Port Edwards public works committee on July 23 heard an eight-year proposal from Harter's Disposal and remarks referencing Waste Management's offer; both proposals featured similar per-household pricing and different service features such as GPS tracking, cart replacement and bulk-pickup rules. The committee will discuss and may revisit a motion next month.
The Port Edwards Public Works Committee on July 23 heard presentations and answered questions from hauler representatives about proposed residential trash and recycling contracts that would begin Jan. 1 if approved.
Nick (S2), who said he represents Harter's Disposal, presented an eight-year proposal that would provide new 95-gallon carts for trash and recycling, municipal 2-yard dumpsters, and weekly trash and every-other-week recycling collection at $16.95 per household per month. "We will supply all brand new 95 gallon carts for trash and recycling," he said, adding the company would pay disposal costs and continue a once-a-month curbside bulk pickup service included in the price.
Nick described operational details intended to reduce complaints: GPS on every truck that logs stops so staff can verify missed pickups, free cart maintenance and replacement, and a one-time annual billing option for additional containers. He also explained the contract’s surcharge and annual adjustments: a fuel surcharge tied to a published plateau (his example threshold was $4 per gallon) and an annual increase based on labor statistics/CPI for the waste industry.
A presenter who referenced Waste Management (referred to in the meeting as "WM") described that company’s infrastructure and technology, highlighting a smart-truck camera system called "ThirdEye" that captures images before and during dumping to identify hazardous items such as lithium batteries and gas cans. That presenter said WM’s proposal listed a $16.89 per-household monthly rate, included two municipal dumpsters and curbside bulk pickup, and carries its own fuel-surcharge and industry-indexed annual adjustments.
Committee members pressed both presenters on details that could affect residents: whether carts would be purchased by homeowners (both presenters said the hauler would supply and own the carts), how the companies would handle requests for smaller carts for elderly residents (companies described 65- and 95-gallon options but said 95-gallon carts are standard), and how bulk items, tires and electronics would be handled (both said non-landfillable materials such as tires and electronics would not be accepted for curbside bulk pickup). Nick also said Harter's would set up the carts and a resident information packet if the village signed a contract in December.
Neither company’s representative produced a signed contract at the meeting; committee members agreed to discuss the bids further and possible motions will be considered at the next meeting. The committee did not take a final vote on a hauler during the July 23 session.
Next steps: the public works committee will review the written proposals (staff said those would be emailed to trustees) and may place a motion on the next meeting agenda to select and include the chosen contract in the 2026 budget process.
