NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) — The city of Natchez has awarded contracts for garbage collection and disposal.
The Natchez Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/Qo1fq9 ) that the decision came Monday after Mayor Butch Brown broke a tie vote.
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The collection contract was awarded to Waste Pro USA and the disposal contract to Riverbend Environmental Services for an annual rate of $785,250 combined.
Overall, the city will be saving about $57,000 annually with the two new contracts compared to what they paid with Waste Management in the past.
Awarding the collection contract to Waste Management could have added an additional $20,000 to the savings, but Brown says Waste Pro USA was the right choice for the city.
Brown says Riverbend is the better choice for the disposal contract because the landfill has experienced tremendous growth in the last year.
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Information from: The Natchez Democrat, http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/
