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Council Agenda Item 8 a
MEETING DATE: December 4, 2008
AGENDA ITEM: Refuse Bids -Consideration of three year contract
SUBMITTED BY: Administration
BOARD/COMMISSION/COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: The City has a refuse contract with Allied Waste that is schedule to
expire at the end of 2008. The contract is the end of a three year contract which was entered into after
the City solicited bids and Allied Waste offered the best annual rates.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: In anticipation of the Refuse contract ending in December, the City
Office Staff requested bids for refuse service. Vendors were mailed notices of the opportunity to bid the
service and were sent a bid form to include one, two and three year contract terms. In addition to the
residential service, the City also solicited bids for the dumpsters used for City facilities. The proposed
rates were to include the dumpster for the Fire Hall and City Hall at no additional fee. The request for
service also include a fee for recycling carts and one for weekly non cart service, similar to what St.
Joseph has in place today.
Following this page is the results of the bid process. As you can see it is very competitive. If the City
switches to the cart recycling service Allied Waste is the low bidder and if the City continues with a bin
picked up weekly Bueckers Sanitation is the low bidder. As you can see from the material provided by
Allied Waste that the use of a wheeled cart has increased the recycling in their business experience.
The material from Allied also indicates that the City could participate in what is referred to as "recycling
bank". If the City would opt to participate in "Recycling Bank", there would be an additional $1.00 per
month fee. The additional fee is needed as each recycling container has a chip to record the amount of
recycling from each residence. Coupons to local vendors are then provided based on the amount of
recycling a particular residence contributed to the total. The more you recycle the more benefit you
receive. Currently the Mall of America, Maple Grove and Bloomington Offer this service.
When questioned about how the service would work in St. Joseph,lamie Phenow of Allied stated that it
would take about six months to fully implement as first they would have to order the recycling carts and
they would also need to contract with vendors for the coupons that residents would receive. The City
could implement this at anytime; however, it would be cheaper in the long run to have the carts
delivered with the chips already in place even though the program would not be ready for
implementation until the summer.
When asked what kind of benefit the residents experienced in the, Phenow stated that residents that
recycled would see between $ 30 and $ 30 per month is coupons. This method of reward is certainly an
incentive for recycling. If this program were implemented in St.loseph, we would be the first in this
area to offer such a service.
If the City Council does not wish to offer a cart service for recycling, the low bidder would be Bueckers
Sanitation. They are located in Sauk Center and staff has not contacted any references until the Council
decides to go this option.
The City has been served well by Allied Waste and they are the lowest bidder for the cart system. It is
the staff recommendation to continue with Allied Waste offering the cart recycling with "recycling
bank."
Regardless of the vendor, the City required the following contract amenities: spring and fall clean up
including Saturday appliance pickup.
BUDGET/FISCAL IMPACT: Recycling Bank Option
2009 $ 225,852.00 2009 $ 243,348.00
2010 $ 232,674.48 2010 $ 250,170.48
2011 $ 239,793.00 2011 $ 257,289.00
The expenditure for the refuse is paid for entirely through user fees. We will calculate fees once the
Council has awarded a contract.
ATTACHMENTS: Summary of rates; Bidder information; Bid request form
REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION: Authorize the Mayor and Administrator to execute an agreement with
the refuse vendor selected by the Council.
City of St. Joseph
Summary Bid -Refuse Service
For Contract Years 2009 - 2011
Bid Ooenin¢: November 3, 2008, 1 pm
Bidders
Waste Allied Allied Waste Bueckers Affordable
Service Quantity Veolia Management Waste Services Recycling Bk Sanitation Disposal
With recycling cart
One Year - 30 gallon 255 x $ 14.23 $ 12.50 $ 13.50 $ 12.25 $ 12.38
One Year - 60 gallon 1196 x $ 15.23 $ 12.75 $ 13.75 $ 13.25 $ 13.48
One Year - 90 gallon 7 x $ 15.64 $ 13.00 $ 14.00 $ 14.25 $ 14.63
One Year - 90 gal Dumpsters 1 x $ 35.00 $ 13.00 $ 13.00 $ 12.56 $ 21.50
One Year 1 yd Dumpsters 1 x $ 60.00 $ 41.00 $ 41.00 $ 42.58 $ 45.00
One Year - 2 yd Dumpsters 3 x $ 70.00 $ 47.50 $ 47.50 $ 52.12 $ 50.00
One Year - 6 yd Dumpsters 1 x $ 135.00 $ 97.00 $ 97.00 $ 71.11 $ 100.00
Without recycling cart/ recycling bin
One Year - 30 gallon 255 x x x x $ 10.56 $ 12.38
One Year - 60 gallon 1196 x ''' x x x $ 11.56 $ 13.48
One Year - 90 gallon 7 x x x x $ 12.56 $ 14.63
One Year - 90 gal Dumpsters 1 x x x x $ 12.56 $ 21.50
One Year - 1 yd Dumpsters 1 x x x x $ 42.58 $ 45.00
One Year - 2 yd Dumpsters 3 x x x x $ 52.12 $ 50.00
One Year - 6 yd Dumpsters 1 x x x x $ 71.11 $ 100.00
With recycling cart
Two Year 30 gallon 255 x $ 13.98 $ 12.88 $ 13.88 $ 12.81 $ 13.00
Two Year - 60 gallon 1196 x $ 14.98 $ 13.13 $ 14.13 $ 13.81 $ 14.15
Two Year - 90 gallon 7 x $ 15.39 $ 13.39 $ 14.39 $ 14.81 $ 15.36
Two Year - 90 gal Dumpsters 1 x $ 30.00 $ 13.39 $ 13.39 $ 13.12 $ 21.50
Two Year - 1 yd Dumpsters 1 x $ 55.00 $ 43.05 $ 43.05 $ 47.58 $ 45.00
Two Year - 2 yd Dumpsters 3 x $ 65.00 $ 49.88 $ 49.88 $ 57.12 $ 50.00
Two Year - 6 yd Dumpsters 1 x $ 130.00 $ 101.85 $ 101.85 $ 76.11 $ 100.00
Without recycling cart, recycle bin
Two Year - 30 gallon 255 x x x x $ 11.12 $ 13.00
Two Year - 60 gallon 1196 x x x x $ 12.12. $ 14.15
Two Year - 90 gallon 7 x x x x $ 13.12 $ 15.36
Two Year - 90 gal Dumpsters 1 x x x x $ 13.12 $ 21.50
Two Year - 1 yd Dumpsters 1 x x x x $ 47.58 $ 45.00
Two Year - 2 yd Dumpsters 3 x x x x $ 57.12 $ 50.00
Two Year - 6 yd Dumpsters 1 x x x x $ 76.11 $ 100.00
With recycling cart
Three Year - 30 gallon 255 $ 14.75 $ 13.73 $ 13.26 $ 14.26 $ 13.40 $ 13.65
Three Year - 60 gallon 1196 $ 15.25 $ 14.73 $ 13.53 $ 14.53 $ 14.40 $ 14.85
Three Year - 90 gallon 7 $ 15.75 $ 15.14 $ 13.79 $ 14.79 $ 15.40 $ 16.13
Three Year - 90 gal Dumpsters 1 $ 13.75 $ 25.00 $ 13.79 $ 13.79 $ 13.71 $ 21.50
Three Year- 1 yd Dumpsters 1 $ 50.92 $ 50.00 $ 45.20 $ 45.20 $ 52.58 $ 45.00
Three Year - 2 yd Dumpsters 3 $ 67.90 $ 60.00 $ 52.37 $ 52.37 $ 62.12 $ 50.00
Three Year - 6 yd Dumpsters 1 $ 135.80 $ 125.00 $ 106.94 $ 106.94 $ 81.11 $ 100.00
Without recycling cart, recycle bin
Three Year - 30 gallon 255 x x x x $ 11.71 $ 13.65
Three Year - 60 gallon 1196 x x x ''` x $ 12.71 $ 14.85
Three Year - 90 gallon 7 x x x .; x $ 13.71 $ 16.13
Three Year - 90 gal Dumpsters 1 x x x x $ 13.71 $ 21.50
Three Year - 1 yd Dumpsters 1 x x x " x $ 52.58 $ 45.00
Three Year-2 yd Dumpsters 3 x x x "' x $ 62.12 $ 50.00
Three Year-6vdDumosters 1 x x x dd x $ 81.11 $ 100.00
Recycling Frequency
Annual Cost Summarv
One Year -Single Sort
One Year -Recycle Bin
Two Year -Single Sort
Two Year -Recycle Bin
Three Year -Single Sort
Three Year -Recycle Bin
Current 2008 Contract. Recvcle Bin
30 gallon 255
60 gallon 1196
90 gallon 7
90 gal Dumpsters 1
1 yd Dumpsters 1
2 yd Dumpsters 3
6 yd Dumpsters 1
no bid $ 268,718.52 $ 225,852.00 $ 243,348.00 $ 232,237.32 $ 236,374.61
no bid no bid no bid $ 202,669.08 $ 236,374.6!
na bid $ 263,984.52 $ 232,674.48 $ 250,170.48 $ 242,341.80 $ 247,949.0
no bid no bid no bid no bid $ 212,773.56 $ 247,949.0
> 270,176.04 $ 259,250.52 $ 239,793.00 $ 257,289.00 $ 252,971.52 $ 260,049.1;
no bid no bid no bid na bid $ 223,403.28 $ 260,049.1;
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October 21, 2008
Allied Waste Services
Attn: Jamie
700 - 40th Avenue NE
Administrator Sauk Rapids MN 56374
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RE: Refuse Contrail
Mayor
Al Rassier To Whom It May Concern:
Councilors The City of St. Joseph will be accepting sealed proposals for refuse service for all owner
Steve Frank occupied residences in the City of St. Joseph. The attached bid form must be submitted in a
sealed envelope to the City Administrator, PO Box 668, St. Joseph MN and clearly marked on
Rick Schultz the outside "Bid Proposal for Refuse Collection Service". All bids must be received no later
Renee Symanietz than 1:00 PM November 3, 2008.
Dale Wick
In addition to the bid form, a narrative describing your company and the location of the
transfer station used by your company must be submitted. The City Council will review the
bids and consider award on November 20, 2008. The current contract expires December 31,
2008 and the new contract will begin January 1, 2009.
If you have any questions or need additional information please feel free to contact me at
320-363-7201.
Sincerely,
CITY OF ST. JOSEP
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City of St. Joseph
Refuse Service Facts
Service Provided The City of St. Joseph provides weekly refuse service to all owner occupied
residences with three or less units. Residents have the choice of a 30, 60, or 90
gallon container. !n addition to regular refuse, recycling materials are picked
up curbside each week.
Once in the spring and again in the fall, the City provides a cleanup for two
successive weeks. This pick up allows residents to place large and unlimited
items curbside, with the exception of hazardous materials that cannot be
placed in a landfill.
Once in spring and once in fall residents have the opportunity to dispose of up
to two appliances at no additional cost. The City Hall provides space for the
refuse hauler to accept the appliances and provides staff to assure that only
residents are using the service. City staff does not help with the loading and
unloading of appliances.
The City operates a compost area for residents to dispose of yard and garden
waste. The refuse hauler is not expected to pickup compost material nor is the
City Interested in adding a weekly pickup for compost.
Current Refuse Count The table below indicates the monthly charge by service container
Number of
Customers
Cart Size Billing
Rate
255 30 Gal $11.23
1196 60 Gal $12.23
7 90 Gal $12.64
Dumpsters The table below indicates the monthly charge and number of dumpsters to be
provided. The dumpster for City Ha0 and Fire Hall should be provided as part
of the refuse contract without a separate fee.
Number of
Dumpsters Dumpster
Size Billing
Rate
1 6 yard $ 130.00
3 2 yard $ 56.97
1 1 yard $60.82
1 90 gal $ 31.75
Billing The City of St. Joseph will bill the residents for the weekly pickup and any
additional garbage charges the residents encounter will be the responsibility of
the hauler to collect. Residents will make arrangements directly with the
hauler for additional services.
CITY OF SAINT JOSEPH
SUPPLEMENTAL BID DOCUMENTATION
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 3, 2008 1:00 PM
On the space provided below please provide information about yow company to include
evidence that yow company can efficiently collect refuse, the landfill to which the refuse
is hauled and any other information you feel is pertinent. The City currently collects all
refuse on Thursday and would like to continue the practice of refuse removal one day a
week.
Locally, Allied Waste Services (formerly known as BFI) has been collecting
refuse/recycling in St Joseph as well as the Saint Cloud area since 1989.
Located at 700 40`h Ave NE in Sauk Rapids, Allied Waste has 34 full-time employees
and a fleet of 23 trucks.
We collect refuse and recycling from approximately a 30 mile radius of Saint Cloud. Our
customer base consists of approximately 2,000 commercial and industrial accounts and
approximately 8,000 residential customers. This service area includes 24 cities within 5
counties. Additionally, Allied Waste owns and operates Minden Transfer Station located
at 245 35~' Ave SE in Saint Cloud. Nearly all of the waste and recycling material
collected from our service area gets dumped at Minden Transfer Station and gets directed
to various disposal sites and recycle centers throughout the area.
Allied Waste has entered into agreements with the Tri-County Solid Waste Commission
as well as individual counties in an effort to help them meet their tonnage commitments
to various disposal processing sites and incinerators including Resource Recovery
Technologies (RRT) in Elk River and The City of Perham incinerator. The Tri-County
Solid Waste Commision has a 900 ton per week commitment to RRT's Elk River site.
The EIk River site converts the trash to refuse derived fuel, which gets incinerated and
converted to electricity at Great River Energy. Allied Waste is comrnited to delivering
345 tons per week, or 38%, of the 900 ton per week total commitment. That represents
approximately 60% of ow total trash volume. The remainder of the volume is sent to ow
landfill in Sazona, Wisconsin.
Ow recycling material is sent to ow recycle center in Minneapolis where it is sorted and
baled by commodity for sale to end markets. This leaves us a fully integrated Company
with the stability to collect and process solid waste and recycling material well into the
future.
Allied Waste is the second lazgest non-hazardous solid waste services company in the
Unites States and an environmental leader. Headquartered in Phoenix AZ, Allied Waste
provides waste collection, transfer, recycling and disposal service to millions of
residential, commercial and industrial customers in over 100 major markets spanning 38
states and Puerto Rico. The company operates a network of 291 collection companies,
161 transfer stations, 161 active landfills, and 53 recycle facilities.
Our team of 22,000 dedicated employees operates within a highly efficient, integrated
organization that generated 2007 revenues of 6.1 billion dollars.
Websites include www.alliedwaste.com, www.disposal.com, and
www.alliedwastetwincities.com.
Recycling:
Over the past two years we have converted our residential recycle program in
surrounding communities to a single sort system replacing our 18 gallon recycle bins
with a 68 gallon cart and switching collection service from weekly to an every other
week schedule. With this change we have seen our recycle volume increase dramatically,
in some cases as much as 20%. This also reduces the wear and tear on the community's
streets with trucks operating every other week instead of weekly. This change involves
replacing all of our recycle trucks with automated collection vehicles identical to our
automated trash trucks, What we have found locally is our customer base is shifting to
smaller refuse carts as they recycle more. This reduces the community's dependence on
landfills and/or incineration plants and increases the dependence on recycling facilities,
which is good for our customers, employees, and the environment.
Allied Waste recently entered into a national exclusive partnership with RecycleBank.
The whole idea behind this partnership is to increase our customers' recycling
participation percentage and total tons recycled. The RecycleBank program is being
implemented as we speak for Allied Waste customers in the Twin Cities metropolitan
area. Allied Waste will be implementing in the Saint Cloud market in the very neaz
future. I have included an article from the October 2008 issue of Recycling Today
magazine that will help explain how it works. You can also log onto our local website
www.alliedwastetwincities.com to view a short video of how the RecycleBank program
works. Allied Waste would like to offer the City of Saint Joseph to be the first city in the
Saint Cloud area to utilize this very unique program and reap the benefits it can bring to
your residents and community businesses.
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Owner Chad Bueckers
November 3, 2008
City of St. Joseph
25 College Ave. N.
St. Joseph, Mn. 56374
Re: Refuse Contract
To Whom It May Concern:
Enclosed please find the sealed bid from Affordable Disposal dt Recycling, LLC.
As the owner of Affordable Disposal 8t Recycling I have been alife-long resident in the area, and
affiliated with the waste hauling business for over 30 years. I began working for my uncle at Bueckers
Sanitary Service when I was very young, starting at the very bottom. Over the years, I learned the
importance of customer service, a lost art in the business world today. My customers come first, as my
customer service office is open seven (7) days a week, from 6:OOam to 10:00pm.
Affordable Disposal & Recycling is a locally owned and family operated company serving Central
Minnesota Our services include residential, commercial, recycling, demolition, farm pickups, special
pickups, roll offs, permanent and temporary dumpsters. Our office is located at 30741 Co. Rd. 65, aad is
centrally located to serving all of our customers.
The attached letter is confirmation affumiag our ability to provide service and equipment to the City of St.
Joseph, with four tucks being available to service residences and businesses.
Affordable Disposal & Recycling will be using the facllities of Pope/Douglas incinerator or transfer station
designated by the respective county.
Each residence will receive new equipment, and have their choice of a 35, 65, or 95 gallon garbage cart.
All residences will receive a new 65 gallon No Sort recycling cart. We accept more recyclable material
than most of our competitors. Garbage will be picked up once a week and recycling will be picked up
every-other week. See attached pricing for years 2009, 2010 and 2011.
In two (2) years, Affordable Disposal & Recycling has proven to be a major player in the solid waste
business; acost-efficient, reliable, and customer service oriented company.
Thank you for the opportunity to bid for the city contract with 5t. Joseph, Mn.
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Buec ers,
Owner-Operator of Affordable Disposal & Recycling, LLC.
~~'~~~~~~. MCNEILUS TRUCK AND MANUFACTURING CO.
524 County Road 34 East
Post Office Box 70
Dodge Center, MN 55927-0070
507-374-6321
October 24, 2008
Chad Bueckers
Affordable Disposal & Recycling, LI.C
30741 County Road 65
Melrose, MN 56352
To Whom it May Concern,
To meet the contn~.ct provisions McNeilus Thick and Matn2f'aduring will be cooperating fully with
Affordable Waste to meet the requirements. McNeilus will meet the delivery time schedule of January
1~ 2009 of one Automated unit.
Meeting these requirements will require the City and Affordable Waste to make a timely decision on
the Equipment purchase.
Sincerely,
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McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing
19 Airport Drive
Dodge Center, MN. 55927
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Veolia is a publicly owned company with over 150 years of experience delivering
environmental solutions. Veolia is the international leader in providing environmental
services for waste, water, energy and transportation. Although we are a publicly owned
company our employees live in the neighboring communities. We presently provide trash
and recycling services under contract to the Cities of Foiey, C{earwater, Maple Lake, St
Michael, Monticello and Buffalo Township. We also provide the trash and recycling needs to
the College of St Benedicts.
All of our employees are professional and courteous following our motto "Service First"-
"Safety Always". This motto is very reflective on how Veolia operates through our customer
service, dispatch and managers. Attached is our Service Standards which all of us follow.
All of our trash is transported to Minden Transfer Station permit #SW-588 or RRT Waste to
Energy permit #SW-305 following all state and local requirements. All of our curbside
recycling product is transported to Minden Transfer Station for further transfer to recycling
process facilities. All prices quoted are plus taxes, for proper billing procedures, recycling
services will be a separate line item, there are no taxes applied to recycling services.
Thank you for the opportunity to submit a service quote, we look forward to working with
the City of St Joseph.
Veolia Environmental Services
Office-320-251-8919
CITY OF ST. JOSEPH
SUPPLEMENTAL BID DOCUMENTATION
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 3, 20081:00 P.M.
On the space provided below please provide information about your company to include evidence that
your company can efficiently collect refuse, the landfill to which the refuse is hauled and any other
information you feel is pertinent. The City currently collects all refuse on Thursday and would like to
continue the practice of refuse removal one day a week.
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Waste Management is pleased to provide the City of St. Joseph with a proposal for trash and recycling
services as outlined in the City's recent request for proposals. By submitting this proposal Waste
Management acknowledges and confirms their ability to satisfactorily perform all services requested, as
detailed in the contract. Waste Management currently provides trash and "Single Sort" recycling services
to communities throughout the state of Minnesota and North America.
The trash collected from the City of St. Joseph will be disposed of at either the Elk River Landfill or RRT
Elk River after going through our transfer station located in St. Cloud. The recycling materials would be
processed at Waste Management's state of the art materials recovery facility (MRF) in Minneapolis.
Waste Management would be very happy to provide a tour of our MRF to City Council members and City
officials if they would like. .
Waste Management's "Single Sort" recycling system is easy and allows the resident's the ability to put all
recyclables together in one wheeled cart provided by WM. In the cart you can put glass bottles and jars,
metal cans, plastic bottles and jars as well as paper, including newsprint, office, junk mail, phone books,
magazines, boxboard (cereal, chips, cake, etc boxes) and corrugated cardboard.
Waste Management is proposing that we would collect trash and recycling on Tuesday and Thursday. We
would collect on the north side of highway 75 on one day and the south side of highway 75 on the other.
On the resident's collection day both trash and recycling would be collected on the same day.
Safety is a primary focus of Waste Management. We ensure this by having weekly safety meetings,
driver training sessions, random drug and alcohol testing, in addition to strict company policies that
prohibit drivers from using unsafe driving practices such as "double siding", a practice encouraged by
some other companies. This is done to insure that you have only the best trained, safety-conscious,
professional individuals driving through your community week in and week out.
Waste Management shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the City, its officers, employees and
agents from any and all claims, resulting directly or indirectly from the operations of the solid waste
collection contract.
Waste Management is in a position to deliver superior trash and recycling services to the city of St.
Joseph. We are not only backed by the experience, expertise and financial resources of North America's
number one solid waste and recycling company, but no other solid waste services company in North
America is more committed to superior service and customer satisfaction than Waste Management.
We woYk to keeg the City of St. Joseph Clean!
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Our Mission
"To minimize the volume of refuse going into landfills by
utilizing new technology and new processes while providing
superior customer service"
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HISTORY OF BUECKERS CITY SANITATION SERVICE
In 1976, Gene & Donna Bueckers purchased City Sanitation from Gerald Voller, who
lived in Sauk Centre. He purchased 543 residential customers and 96 Commercial
Customers and one garbage truck.
In 1988, we purchased 51.6 acres of commercial property 1 1/2 miles south of Sauk
Centre on Hwy 71. The property has 715 feet of frontage and has a depth of 4,158 feet.
The origina19,800 square foot cattle barn was constructed of a steel frame structure with
metal siding. Allowing us to use it as our transfer station and recycling centre.
In 1989, we built an attached single story 24'x50' wood frame building with vinyl siding
and asphalt shingled roof. This serves as an office, lunchroom and reception area.
In 1989, we permitted 35.7 acres as a demolition site. There are three monitor wells in
place on the site. Monitored by Minnesota Pollution Control, Permit # 335.
In 1993, we expanded our existing building again by adding a transfer station for several
other commercial haulers to deliver their garbage to us. We then reload onto semi trailers
and haul to an incinerator in Perham or Elk River
In 1995, we expanded into a new region in the Willmar area. Which is ran by our
daughter, Pam and her husband Dan Nissen. We started with one customer and one truck
and now up to 7 trucks and several thousand customers, in the Willmar area. Our growth
is reflected by our excellent customer service and low rates.
In 2003, we purchase Bueckers Sanitary Inc. from brother Ervin Bueckers, who decided
to retire.
In 2004, we started expanding our facility to meet the growth of the company. We added
anew office facility and 32,000 Sq ft transfer & recycling facility. To better serve the
needs of our customers. We are proud to be your locally owned hauler.
From 2005 to 2008, we have expanded our recycling program. We currently are involved
in a pilot program for Agricultural Plastics and Plastic barrels. In 2007 we have
experienced 2 fires with in 3 weeks from each other. The first fire left us with a bunch of
smoke damage, and the 2°d fire took the whole building. So after a year of rebuilding we
are back stronger than ever. Even after these fires our customers never experienced any
inconveniences in their service. On Sunday when these happened our concern was, Do
we have everything ready to run as normal on Monday and we did. Gene & Donna can
not thank their incredible employees for the extra effort it has taken to keep the business
going with no interruption of service to customers.
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND SUCCESSION
The Management of the company has a bright future. There are a lot of family members
involved in the management of the company. They have a genuine interest in the success
of this business and are very customer oriented. We are a team of professionals which
display our spirit and enthusiasm throughout your community. We strive everyday to
meet and exceed and meet all your expectations. We also play an active roll in supporting
local initiatives and work towards the overall betterment of your community. We will
also demonstrate the kind of corporate leadership from which your community can be
proud of. We are just a handshake away.
Aerial photo of our new 32,000 sq foot state of the art recycling facility and
transfer station.
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