PSL City Council approves plan, priorities toaddress solid waste collection |
PORT ST. LUCIE – The Port St. Lucie City Council today took action on a significant list of short and long-term solutions to address Waste Pro’s severe service deficiencies, including allowing a contractor to collect yard and bulky waste on an emergency basis to achieve consistent service levels for residents.
City Council provided direction to the City Manager to hire supplemental contractors to collect yard and bulky waste to address immediate needs. This will alleviate the utilization of City staff, which has been supplementing this service for several weeks since Waste Pro has neglected to consistently collect yard waste for the past three months.
As an emergency measure, due to Waste Pro providing notice to the City that it will be terminating the contract in September, Council also unanimously agreed to move forward with finding other service providers to replace Waste Pro as the City’s solid waste hauler. Council also approved many of the recommendations made by the City’s Solid Waste Task Force for long-term solutions to support a future franchise agreement.“We finally have a very clear path forward,” said Mayor Shannon Martin. “Unfortunately, we can no longer continue to rely on Waste Pro. They have lost the public’s trust, and they have not taken the necessary actions to improve and provide the services they are required to under the existing contract.”
The following is a list of the recommendations by the Solid Waste Task Force which will be implemented when a permanent contract is in place:
Residents can watch the entire Special City Council meeting on the City’s Facebook site.
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