New Albany gets four trash bids / City hopes to save through privatization
Source: The Courier-Journal (KY), Wednesday, November 30, 2005
An effort to find a new garbage hauler in New Albany has drawn four bidders, including the union that represents the city's existing sanitation workers. A decision on who will serve the city's 11,000 trash customers isn't expected for two weeks. The bids submitted yesterday to the city's Board of Public Works show a wide range of proposed fees, from $11.56 a month to $17.63 a month per household. The current rate is $13.75. ….. The union's proposal would cost $16.75 a month per household. It would include the creation of a solid-waste transfer station at 37 W. Fifth St. Roger Poer, an accountant with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, said the union workers also are more flexible than many private companies and are prepared to pick up random items such as tires when needed.
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