West Central Reporter

The Macomb City Council recently held a special meeting to approve a waste management contract.

During an Oct. 31 Macomb Committee of the Whole meeting, the city council voted on a bid and contract from Waste Management Inc. (WM) for solid waste services in the city. The city received a total of two bids for this service, with the five-year contract with Waste Management being the preferred choice. The council voted to accept the contract.

The city did negotiate with Waste Management to put some language into their contract that would allow the city to review any major price changes and increases over the next five years and would require WM to provide documentation and requests for those price increases. City officials felt that this was a fair agreement to protect the city.

The public works committee recommended the board accept it. Although there are some slight increases to the city over the length of the contract, it is still the best choice, with per household prices increasing each year from $12.50 to $13.13 to $13.78 to $14.47 and ending at $15.19 in the final year. There were also some slight increasing in spring clean up and fall leaf collection, but no increases in other services.

"We would note that for the record that the representative of Waste Management, Mr. Dave Schaub is here and he is available for questions if the council has any questions of Mr. Schaub. We would entertain a motion to approve the contract between the city and Waste Management for services regarding solid waste and recycling yard waste for a period of five years, commencing Nov. 1 of 2022," Macomb Mayor Michael Inman said at the meeting.