The City Council passed a new waste service provider contract that will begin Oct. 1, 2021 with Priority Waste that will include waste collection every week for trash, recycling and yard waste. The contract is for $19.7 million for waste pick-up through June 30, 2024. The resolution allows for the option of a two-year extension to that contract.
The $19.7 million breakdown per budget year are as follows: $4.7 million for FY 2022, $6.5 million for FY 2023, $6.7 million for FY 2024. Comparatively, Republic was paid $4.1 million in 2019, $4.2 million in 2020, according to the city’s budget.
The previous waste contractor, Republic, declined to submit a new bid after their contract ran out in June. The City Council and Republic negotiated an 90-day extension for Republic to continue waste pick-up through the summer months which ends Sept. 30, 2021. “The City of Flint will have no disruption of waste collection during the transition of waste service providers,” according to a press release from the City of Flint. The press release stated Priority Waste will provide waste collection services for residents that include:
- Anything up to 96 gallons containers can be used for waste or recycling (labels are needed on the cans)
- Residents can keep the same blue recycling bins
- Residents are not required to schedule a bulk pickup and mattresses are included in the bulk pickup and do not have to be bagged.