Lower Pottsgrove Back To Drawing Board On Trash

Posted on 07 November 2011. Tags: , , ,

SANATOGA PA – Area trash haulers and Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township commissioners are going back to the drawing board to draw up a new set of bids for garbage collection across the township in coming years.

Commissioners, at the suggestion of Solicitor R. Kurtz Holloway, placed an advertisement today (Monday, Nov. 7, 2011) to again seek quotes for the “collection, hauling and disposal of municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste, with (a) bulk trash option” from more than 3,000 township properties and four municipal locations. Bidders are being asked to quote on providing services for a minimum of three, and as many as five, years.

The ad appears in The (Pottstown PA) Mercury, Lower Pottsgrove’s publication of record for legal notices.

The board has sought these bids before, and hoped to consider awarding a contract last Thursday (Nov. 3) during the first of its two monthly meetings at the municipal building, 2199 Buchert Rd. That didn’t happen, because a majority of commissioners heeded Holloway’s advice and rejected all three bids submitted. He claimed all had significant problems, the Pottstown Patch online news service reported.

Holloway even proposed the township conduct an information session on how and why the bids must be improved and resubmitted by any hauler that wants its business. The meeting is  reportedly scheduled for this afternoon at 1:30 p.m., also in the municipal building.

Commissioners clearly had hoped to have the trash contract behind them as the end of the year approaches, in part to complete the township 2012 budget. Board Vice President Bruce Foltz voted against the motion to reject; board member James Phillips suggested the bids be tabled rather than rejected, The Patch said.

The board now hopes to award a contract by Nov. 30.

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2 Responses to “Lower Pottsgrove Back To Drawing Board On Trash”

  1. EJ Cox says:
    November 8, 2011 at 7:46 pm

    Rather a good contract that meets our needs than a bad one that will lead us to future problems.

    An information session for the bidders would be a good thing. A carefully worded rejection inclusive of all the issues found without compromising any one of the bidders will lead to better bids on the second go round.

    This rising cost is deserving of good effort and prudent oversight. It will impact us for some time to come.

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  1. Monday’s Headlines In The Post | The Sanatoga Post says:
    November 7, 2011 at 7:17 am

    [...] Lower Pottsgrove Back To Drawing Board On Trash After rejecting all three bids submitted last week for the township’s trash hauling business during at least the next three years, the Board of Commissioners decided to issue another call for bidders. Its solicitor cited problems with all submissions. [...]


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