An attempt to hammer out a less expensive contract with Veolia Environmental Services failed, and the Village Board last week reluctantly accepted a five-year refuse collection contract that will increase the annual cost from $17.48 a month to $23.50 per household. That will increase the annual cost 34.4 percent, from $131,310 to $176,532.
For that price, residents will receive basic service, refuse and recycling collections every other week outside the garages. Residents can also contract with Veolia for weekly service for an additional $20 a month. Veolia bills the residents directly for the extra collections.
Also offered is premium "in the garage" service for a $120 fee billed directly to residents.
Under the five-year contract, rates are subject to an annual increase of 13 percent as well as any other increases in federal, state or local fees. A fuel surcharge could be charged if the base fuel price exceeds $2.90 a gallon.
The village received only one bid for the collection services because other contractors did not want to provide "up the driveway" service, according to Village Manager Tom Tollaksen. Veolia uses scooters to go up the many long driveways in the village and bring trash down to trucks waiting in the road.
Tollaksen said the village would have to buy two garbage trucks and hire two additional employees if it were to do its own collection. That would cost more than the contract with Veolia because of the cost of garbage trucks, he said.
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