Grace Kirchner, Leader Correspondent
Beginning June 1, Harter’s Fox Valley Disposal will be the only company providing garbage and recycling services in the city of Clintonville.
The Common Council last month approved moving to a single waste hauler to limit damage to the city streets caused by multiple garbage trucks and to save residents money through a competitive bid process.
The other haulers currently operating in the city (Waste Management, Advanced Disposal and Graichen) will no longer be licensed by the city.
Under the city’s contract with Harter’s, residents will be charged $9.50 per month ($114 per year) for refuse and recycling collection/disposal.
For 2017, each residential customer will be invoiced $66.50 for seven months of service. For 2018, the annual cost will be placed directly on the property tax bill.
Each customer will be provided a 95-gallon wheeled cart for garbage, which will be picked up weekly, and a 95-gallon cart for recycling pickup, which will occur every other week. Customers also can obtain 35- or 65-gallon carts through Harter’s, but the annual cost will remain the same.
Residents were recently sent information about how to opt out of the service. The deadline to do so is 4:30 p.m. April 29. The opt-out form must be signed and returned to City Hall by that time.
Those who opt out will not be able to request to the service again until August or September 2018 for 2019.
City Administrator Chuck Kell said he expects 100 to 150 residents to opt out. As of Tuesday, about 45 residents had declined the service, he said.
Anyone who decides to opt out of the service will be required to transport their garbage and recyclable materials to the Clintonville Area Waste Service site at 300 Beacon Ave. and pay the CAWS fees.
Additional information regarding the garbage and recycling service, including a calendar showing the pickup schedule, will be sent to residents directly by Harter’s.
Apartment buildings with more than four units are not eligible to receive the service.