Bastrop, Tx–The city’s trash and garbage hauler, Allied Waste Disposal, got a cool reception Tuesday when a company official asked the city council for a 2.3 percent rate increase because of changing economic conditions.
Company manager Steve Shannon said a rate hike is justified because Allied has been hammered recently by rising landfill costs and and a collapse in markets for some recycled goods. He freely admitted that terms of the company’s present service contract with the city do not require a rate adjustment for the coming year.
The council retreated behind closed doors briefly to consult with the city’s lawyer on the matter but emerged and declined–without comment in public–to take any action on the Allied request.
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