GDP article by Jamie Ward: County expected to name new waste consultant; Firm will apply plan to state rulings, evaluate options with hauling service

Today the county is expected to name the consulting firm it has chosen to complete its solid waste program assessment study. And it won’t be the same one used by Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful last year.

According to Mack Perry, who served on Commissioner Mike Beaudreau’s trash committee, nobody on the 15-member citizen’s board had a clue about the county searching for a consulting firm.

“It was unbeknownst to us,” Perry said. “Not a soul was aware of it.”

He also said the report of recommendations prepared for the Board of Commissioners to consider in drafting a new solid waste plan has been completed, and would be released to the public as soon as the commissioners had a chance to see it.

“The public needs to know that we as a committee listened,” he said. “And there were differences of opinion on lots of things.”

Perry said two things he took away from the five meetings were that the people want a choice with regard to who their garbage hauler is and don’t want garbage charges appearing on their property tax bills.