Miller Contracting made a bid for the contract . They had been collecting the garbage for years. They operated the garden waste compost yard on Bloomington Road. We took our own stuff there and bought back the fresh finished compost.
When the contract award was recommended to Council, Miller delegated and argued Turtle Island did not have experience or the equipment and manpower.
Staff have responsibility to analyze the bid and check background for performance.
Things started off well. Public buy-in was exceptional. The streets were left neat and tidy.
Then ...collection failed Meetings were held . New equipment was acquired and extra manpower. I asked and was assured no change to the contract price.
Then... Turtle Island was sold with the contract.
The contract is currently being re-negotiated .
Since streaming began the northern six municipalities
have negotiated as a single unit. I'm not sure how that might have worked with one using a diferent process.
I would like to give assurance Council receives best professional advice.Too often it appears more like enabling
a nitwit political agenda with no place set for the municipal interest.
Someone commented that staff appeared to be dragging their heels over the clear bags. Is it possible that they knew all of the information Michael wrote & were reluctant to tell the Mayor ?
ReplyDeleteThe citizens of Aurora are stupid. They can't figure out the clear garbage bag stuff. A consultant said it was good and our own Deputy Mayor is willing to provide education on the topic. Anyone should know that a clear bag full of opaque bags is logical.
ReplyDeleteFurther, our citizens are so stupid they could not even figure what was being asked on the election ballot regarding the number of needed councillors. More chose 6 than 8. Wrong answer. Their ignorance and faulty logic was explained by two brand new councillors. A failing grade to our citizens.
Then there is this issue you mention regarding the municipal interest (some might read taxpayers' interest). You see, the mayor explained this to you last term when you spoke about our town. His lecture indicated it was a big business and one has to think in those terms. Can't think small about trying to save a few dollars. Can't balance the books now, but a $27M expenditure for a works garage is logical. The citizens won't figure out we are contracting a lot of the work and reducing services. They will be easy to fool with customer service reps at town hall.
It is a holiday & people are away or doing family time. I do not think there is going to be any sort of fuss until they get out into their gardens & visit the market. Maybe not even then - my neighbours probably have no idea what goes on at council. I wish I was unaware too.
ReplyDelete16:51- Nah...I just don't think they did their homework very well. And if they did...they just didn't present it very well. The program did have some merit. For a group that thinks that they can run this Town like a multi $ business, that sales presentation
ReplyDeletewas a fail. Cudos to the councilors who voted No.
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ReplyDeleteTwo of the new ones voted No
The garbage issue is concerning.Why did the Town falsely ticket a downtown merchant for too many bags? This was last term and was similar the acts of the former at the helm.
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