Hauler files suit against county:Company wants more than $40M from county, Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful due to trash pla

This will be interesting to see played out over the next months and months.  This one will drag on forever.  The BOC tried to wash its hands of GCB because they knew this would never end pretty.

On Nov. 7, 2008, Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful awarded contracts to Advanced Disposal and Waste Pro, two Florida-based firms that submitted low bids for residential trash pickup. Six other haulers that were serving Gwinnett residents were to lose their service areas beginning Jan.1 when the new plan was to take effect.

On Dec. 18, 2008, Gwinnett Superior Court Judge Michael Clark granted a temporary preliminary injunction, ensuring that for now the county’s garbage service for unincorporated residents will remain as-is.

Now the BOC has hired a consulting firm to start all over. As bad as the OLD-NEW plan was it amazes me how the BOC thought the people the GCB/BOC signed a contract with would just go away quietly.

Advanced Disposal alleges that the county has taken no action to mitigate the damages caused by its actions or those of Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful or to amend the county’s solid waste ordinance to allow the new plan to be implemented as per the contract…
Christian Mills, general counsel for Advanced Disposal, said the company believes filing suit is the “most direct and just means” of getting relief.

“While we find it unfortunate to have to resolve this issue in court when administrative processes are readily available to resolve the matter, we cannot allow the county and (Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful) to ignore their fiduciary obligations to the citizens of the county and their contractual obligations with Advanced Disposal,” Mills said.