City argues over street sweepers / Audit leads to calls for managed competition
Source: By Joe Wessels, Cincinnati Post (OH), Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Some City Council members see a recent audit of street sweepers in the city as an opportunity to call again for managed competition.
...... Crowley cited the fact that the private company now cleaning streets in the central business district - Contract Sweepers and Equipment Inc. - came in with a bid for the rest of the city more than $200 per curb mile swept higher than the city workers bid. "I think that is a clear indication that they didn't want anything to do with that," he said, another reason city employees are key to getting the tough jobs done.