Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

Where do you stand?

Township Mom: I think your questioning of why you pay $165 per year more than the city residents for trash pickup is very reasonable.

Then it was suggested that the Trustees negotiate a contract with Waste Management or whom ever to get a lower rate. That?’s reasonable.

Then someone brings up a 1996 meeting that was held with the trustees, demanding that the Violet Township trustees not negotiate with a trash hauler because they ALL wanted to have a choice. Now it is turning weird.

Then another person talks about getting a better rate but not as good as the city rate but is very happy with paying higher rates and getting better service and having a choice. That is foolish. Since you didn?’t disagree with the happy with a choice comments then it appears that you are agreeing with paying higher trash rates and having a choice of who hauls your trash.

I think if you look at the way the borders between the city and the township are laid out we could very well have next door neighbors paying two different rates.

So Township Mom do you agree with your neighbors in the township that you are happy with paying higher trash hauling rates because paying those higher rates gives you a choice of who hauls your trash?

By Six wheels and flies

Let's compare

I have Waste Mgmt in the township at $86.26 per quarter. I understand my neighbor has Republic at $54.95 per quarter. Who is your supplier at $77?

What are other folks rates and let's use that data to force a bit of active price competition between the suppliers. I for one will be calling WX to see if they will match Republic.

By Numbers Guy

Will Trade Choice for $

We have Rumpke and pay $72.73 per quarter and that's bare bones - no recycling etc.

Thanks Numbers Guy for suggesting comparing. I think I'm gonna call Republic.

I certainly hope this can be revisited by the township to get us a much much better deal like the City. Having a bunch of people holler at a meeting 12 years ago because they're Murricans and demand choice is nonsense and I would think there's a fair number of reasonable peoper that have moved into the township since then.

By Another Townshipper

must have moved from the city

I guess you will see that most in the twp that have been around for awhile are quite independent in their views.. and value personal freedom even in trash pick up. Bring on the hearing!