Even though the Crossville city council
was not in complete agreement with some of the terms in the contract
they went ahead with approval of the new agreement for solid waste
pickup during the regular July council meeting.
Council began discussing the situation
on the renewal of the contract or rebidding the waste pickup at the
first of 2017 as the current contract with Cumberland Waste Disposal
expired in August. After several discussions on the subject, council
decided to rebid the contract.
While CWD was the only bidder, the new
contract is expected to save the city money as council has decided to
take over the collection of leaves and yard waste with city
employees. City manager Wood and street superintendent Kevin Music
both recommend the approval. The new 5 year contract reduces the
annual cost by some $121,000 annually. The new contract uses the
property appraiser's classification for residential and commercial
and the question of mobile home parks is answered in the city's
ordinance originally passed on 1973 and updated in 1998 requiring
that they provide refuse collection in their parks.
City council discussion on solid waste
contract approval
City attorney Will Ridley addressed the
council's concerns saying that some of the things the council wanted
changed would have required the rebidding of the contract and he did
not recommend that action. Ridley told the council that he was able
to negotiate a few minor changes they sought that CWD agreed to.
Crossville city council members L-R J. H. Graham,
Danny Wyatt, Mayor James Mayberry, Pam Harris
and Scot Shanks.
Council member Pamala Harris moved to
approve the agreement and a second was given by council member Scot
Shanks. Council member J. H. Graham asked for clarification and city
manager Greg Wood explained that the city had budgeted $40,000 for a
leaf collection truck and expects to use current employees for the
leaf collection program.
The motion was approved unanimously.
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