City’s Trash Transporter Files Bankruptcy – City Council Discusses Transfer Station Contract Issues
September 10th, 2012 by Joe Burgess
Delat Environment truck, piled high with trash, Tuesday, after the companly reportedly closed, due to bankruptcy.
City mechanic working on Delta Environmental truck, Wednesday, at City Transfer Station.
Mayor Allen Maxwell to the City Council, at last week’s meeting that Delta Environmental has declared bankruptcy (chapter 7), and no longer hauls trash out of the city transfer station.
The city has temporarily engaged WCA out of Smackover to haul the ciy’s trash. WCA also has provided service to Monticello during Delta Environmental’s earlier service problems.
Maxwell added that WCA would like to continue to haul the city’s trash under a contract, Bradley County and Warren have contracted with WCA in their similar situations.
Any company that would serve the city would have to purchase equipment and hire new employees; WCA will have to invest around $600,000 on bins, trucks, and trailers, in order to adequately cover Monticello’s needs.
Due to the time frame, Maxwell asked the city for permission to bypass the bidding process, and negotiate a contract with WCA, and bring that offer back to the council for their approval.
An emergency was then declared by the council to bypass the bid process, “to prevent trash from piling up for 3 months” during the bid process.
MLive was told t hat Delta Environmental was likely closed prior to Labor Day.
The results of the WCA negotiations should be updated at that September 20 city council meeting.
Does this affect the county trash service as well?
how can a city worker work on equipment that doesnt belong to the city? just wondering isnt that illegal? What is the city thinking, are they wanting to end up like other cities and get in trouble.
That is nasty!!!!!!! One thing Maxwell said..he was going to clean Monticello up. I’ve been here 20 years and this place does look like a bunch of hillbillies live here.He lied!!All the ditches grown up!! Trash every place you look. I’m going to take pictures and take them to maxwell bet he laughs me out of that office!!Is it just me anyone else notice?? Where do all the city workers work??? not cutting grass that’s for sure!! JMO
Leslie, this will have no affect on the county garbage pick up. The county owns its own trucks and picks up the garbage out in the county with them.
@granmaw,I agree 100% with you!!!
no need to expect mayor to fix any thing signs are down on corner of borchart and college st been down overmore than a year still on ground city workers pass them up every day and never bother to stop and put them back up shame on this city looks like hillbilly heaven drive down college st then down bell st what a sore eye
I agree, our city is starting to look look grown up and trashy by the way how come the old Burlington mill on Jackson street never gets fined or wrote up that is the trashiest place in Monticello.