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Century Residents Now Paying Higher Garbage Rates Under No-Bid Contract
December 20, 2020
Century residents are seeing an increase on their December garbage bills after the town approved a no-bid sanitation contract.
The town contracts with Republic Services to collect garbage within the town limits. Republic has a provision in their contract that allows them to increase the rates they charged the town each December to match the Consumer Price Index. The town annually passes the rate increase directly along to residents.
That increase amounts to 3.4%, or about 80 cents, per customer, according to Interim Town Manager Vernon Prather.
Century renewed a five year contract with Republic Services in July without seeking bids from other potential providers.
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9 Responses to “Century Residents Now Paying Higher Garbage Rates Under No-Bid Contract”
The BOCC tried this no bid thing in santa Rosa and rates were going up with pick up days going from 2 to 1..higher cost and less service. Citizens and another trash company fought back and won….We now get a choice in who gets our money.
The only rate that’s lower is what I charge my wife to take out the garbage each week! ($0.00).
I think Century has a winner with its contracted provider.
AAlex: I checked on S/S increases not too long ago. The cost of living increased more than twice the rate of S/S Increases over the last 10 years. The government expects seniors Not to keep up with inflation and to live on less and less money with increasing age. Don’t think if you retire and get by reasonably comfortable that this will still be the same 10 years from now. Your buying power shrinks each year by design!!!
Due to COST OF LIVING my SS increased by 1.3%….
What is the difference between COST OF LIVING and this 3.4%CONSUMER price increase.
Just a thought the numbers aren’t the same
have you ever seen rates go down on anything tied to utility services? if there was an improvement of some kind we might feel it’s justified. as it is the city, state, and feds just say bend over.
Well, guess with the track record of the City Council there is not much of a surprise.
Sad the way the Citizens of Century are so under represented to the GOOD.
As I see it, Century residents ya’ll need to do more research when voting for Mayor and the City Counsel. They are doing more harm to your town than the EF3 tornado in 2016 which heavily damaged & destroyed homes.
Additionally, the new fee ($23.63) is also cheaper than what is charged by the City of Pensacola for trash collection. Their rates increased in October to $29.55 per month and large item collection is an additional fee based on how long it takes to collect the waste.
The $29.55 rate includes $20.20 for collection; $4.91 for the landfill fee; $3.04 for Equipment surcharge fee (vehicle replacement) and $1.40 for a fuel surcharge. The fuel surcharge changes every three months.
Looking at previous articles on this subject, it appears the new rate for “garbage collection” services will be $23.63 per month for Century residents.
Still less than what ECUA charges users – $19.48 for collection, add $5.06 for the landfill fee, and another $1.50 for capital improvement fees – which totals $26.04 per month.
Now granted, ECUA does include the collection of “large items” at no additional charge. But as they say, nothing in life is free, so the cost of this pickup is already calculated into the bill I am required to pay even if I dont need the service.