North Charleroi: Council considers garbage contract

By TAYLOR BROWN

tbrown@yourmvi.com

North Charleroi Council will soon decide who will take care of refuse service in the borough.

The borough’s contract with County Hauling was extended because the COVID-19 pandemic pushed back council’s ability to vote on a renewal. The contract will expire at the end of this year.

Council received three new bids for the service, which will offer a contract for five years with two option years for an extension.

Of those who bid for the job — County Hauling, Big’s Sanitation and Waste Management — it appeared to council on Monday that Big’s Sanitation has come in as the low bidder.

Big’s will offer the borough a five-year contract with rates for garbage collection starting at $12.95 per month per customer. Rates would continue at that rate for three years and then increase to $13.25 for the fourth and fifth year of the contract.  Extension years would increase to $13.50. 

Council’s sanitation committee will vet all qualified bidders and will further discuss the contract at a special meeting later this month, which has not yet been scheduled.