Posts Tagged ‘Trash’
County & City sign solid waste agreement
City to sign solid waste service agreement with Lucas County today Republic Services to provide solid waste services under new agreement Toledo Mayor Michael P. Bell and Lucas County Commission President Pete Gerken will today sign a regional service sharing agreement to provide refuse and recycling services to the city of Toledo through the [...]
Dump Days
When Toledo changed it's solid waste system to one where unlimited pickup was eliminated and bulky pickup was limited to once a quarter without an additional charge (Department of Solid Waste webpage) -- District 5 Toledo City Councilman Tom Waniewski was the first to offer a bulky pickup site in his district. Other members of council have since [...]
OPERS rules – Toledo appeals
Reported earlier today for Toledo Free Press -- LINK to story. The question of who would be responsible for pension payments has been one that had been discussed several times during the course of the privatizing of trash services. Toledo sought a ruling, and administrative ruling was made on June 7 that as reported states: “On review [...]
Bulky Trash June 18 for District 2 & 3
D. Michael Collins, District 2 Councilman and Mike Craig, District 3 Councilman are joining efforts with the City of Toledo Department of Neighborhoods and the Division of Solid Waste in sponsoring a "Bulky refuse and Recycling Drop-Off" Day on Saturday June 18 from 10 a.m. to noon. This will be held in the parking lot of Woodsdale Park, 1250 [...]
Leap Forward Memorial Day
City Refuse Collection Will Leap Forward One Day No Refuse or Recycling Collection For the Memorial Day Holiday Monday, May 30 2011 The City of Toledo would like to remind you that our next Leap Forward holiday would be Monday, May 30. There will be no refuse or recycling collection on that day in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. [...]
Utilities May 9 PERS & Trash
Continuing on with the coverage from the May 9 Utilities committee meeting, this section of the meeting concerned the discontinuation of trash service by the City that will be undertaken management wise through the Lucas County Solid Waste Division and a private contract with Allied Waste services. Deputy Mayor Herwat said City and County are [...]
Public Utilities May 9
5 year update for the Lucas County Solid Waste Management District was first on the agenda of the May 9 Public Utilities committee meeting. Director Jim Shaw spoke, he said Solid Waste District began March 6, 1989, started out as a policy committee, it's a requirement of the Ohio EPA. The plan update is in the 30 day public comment period. [...]
Ooooh that smell
Often when I transcribe council meetings or committee meetings questions are raised. My column in this week's TFP is the result of one of those question creating moments. Oooh that smell focuses on conflicting information given concerning Toledo's recycling program as far as how much it's made in profits, how much it costs and why we still owe [...]
Solid Waste Analysis by Collins
The following was sent to members of council from Toledo City Councilman D. Michael Collins on March 28: To: President Brown and Members of Council From: D. Michael Collins Ref: Solid Waste Analysis Colleagues, I have taken the time to perform an analysis on the decision before us as to whether or not to transfer our Core Service of [...]
Toledo City Council tomorrow
Monday, March 28, 2011 One Government Center – City Council Chambers at 4 p.m. Special Toledo City Council meeting The purpose of the meeting is for: Amendments to 2011 Operating Budget and Passage of 2011 Operating Budget The fate of the trash fee may be decided tomorrow, a balanced budget must be passed by March 31. Toledo [...]