Highlights:
- City of Brunswick, Georgia voted to finalize a contract with Waste Management to handle the city's solid waste and recycling collections. The city had previously handled the collections themselves.
- The $750,000 annual contract adds services such as bi-monthly curbside recycling and is projected to save the city $500,000 each year.
- Brunswick's 14 current sanitation employees are not included in the contract but Waste Management plans to hire approximately 6 people to help with collections.
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Contract expected to be approved in July meeting.
From the article:
The city of Brunswick could see an improvement in waste collection in the fall.
City commissioners gave City Manager Bill Weeks their blessing to move forward with negotiations with Waste Management to take over solid waste and recycling collection and disposal services in the city.
Four of the five city commissioners supported the proposal at Wednesday's commission meeting after realizing that contracting out the service would be a major benefit for city residents. It would improve services.
Mayor Pro Tem James Brooks opposed the move, casting the only vote against it. Supporting it were Mayor Bryan Thompson and Commissioners Cornell Harvey, Julie Martin and Johnny Cason.
Waste Management currently serves McIntosh County and Jekyll Island, as well as other municipalities worldwide.
The private company's management of the service in Brunswick would be more efficient for the city's almost 4,500 residential and commercial customers, Weeks said.
