Contracting could save $5 million, MMSD says / Director to suggest accepting low bid
Source: By DON BEHM, Journal Sentinel (WI), Nov. 20, 2007
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District could save its customers in 28 communities about $5 million next year by hiring Veolia Water North America to operate the district's wastewater treatment system rather than giving the job to itself, district officials said.
The district and its employee unions cannot fully close such a gap by trimming labor costs, the one expense unions could help control, said Executive Director Kevin Shafer. The gap takes into account a savings of $800,000 gained by shutting down a contract compliance office if a private company no longer operates MMSD's treatment facilities.