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What are your feelings Gwinnett?
What are your feelings Gwinnett?
Well as Gomer Pile said, “surprise, surprise,surprise” the BOC has worked a closed door deal with the haulers that filed suit. Strange how there are five district one for every hauler that has filed a lawsuit.
I do not see how the county can legally do this as I think they are required to bid this out. I am looking for a minority trash hauler to let them know they were not given the opportunity to service Gwinnett.
I would encourage everyone who can attend the meeting next Tuesday night to do so and let the BOC know how you feel on their closed door deals that now involve more than lad deals.
Please look back at the lead article of the AJC the day the BOC announce the new trash plan, it was the illegal dumping problem that the city of Atlanta has and they have mandatory trash service. Oh, what was the BOC’s main reason why they know we need this, illegal dumping!
Let’s see we have no ost federal and state funding since the leaders or should I say children can not agree on shared services involving cities and the county.
I would like to point out that the $1.25 service feeill bring the county in 1.875 million in revenue. Now billing this on the tax bill should cost nothing for the mailing since they already need to send the tax bill out. What in the heck is the county going to use the rest of the money for?? Here is how I see it:
$100,000.00 per year for the Trash Zar
$400,000.00 for ten trash enforcement staff members
$300,000.00 for ten customer service reps to answer our complaint calls
$100,000.00 per year for office lease and utilities
$100,000.000 per year for vehicles to patrol
$225,000.00 for benefits
Total $1.225 million per year to operate this plan for us. What happens to the $600,000.00 left over????
Don
March 21, 2010 - 10:15 am
As we can see by the article above that the only benefiting from this is the county employees that will oversee this program. This must surely be a payoff to settle the current law suit. We have Roberson as our trash hauler. Now we must use Allied waste who we do not want.
Surely, as the article suggests, there will be another law suit to follow that will cost the taxpayer more money, The BOC must stop this waste of money and realize that the citizens do not wish to be told who to do business with.
This measure will not stop illegal dumping in our county only cost the taxpayer more money. This will not decrease the amount of trucks on our streets since tha cities within the county still have agreements with the respected haulers as these trucks must travel from city to city.
BOC wake up and realize that this is not the will of the citzens that you are suppose to represent. We will wake you up at the ballot box next election, or before.
March 24, 2010 - 10:37 am
Well said and we completely agree unfortunately they went ahead with this crap anyway.