{"id":3919,"date":"2013-06-07T13:13:10","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T17:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=3919"},"modified":"2013-06-07T13:14:13","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T17:14:13","slug":"more-clues-to-how-much-garbage-collection-fees-will-go-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/more-clues-to-how-much-garbage-collection-fees-will-go-up.html","title":{"rendered":"More clues to how much garbage collection fees will go up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nADS proposed last December to Lincolnton, GA, to start trash collection
\nwith a rate very like what Veolia bid to Lowndes County, with increases
\nevery year after that.\n<\/p>\n

\n
\n<\/a>
\nThe Lincoln Journal wrote 6 December 2012,
\n
\nCouncil hears proposal to privatize garbage collection<\/a>,\n<\/p>\n

\n

\nThe Lincolnton City Council heard a proposal to privatize the
\nmunicipality’s trash collection service at its regular meeting held
\nMonday, December 3. The Lincolnton City Council heard a proposal to
\nprivatize the municipality’s trash collection service at its regular
\nmeeting held Monday, December 3.\n<\/p>\n

\n
\n<\/a>
\nThe presentation was made by Kevin Rupinta, general manager, and
\nSteve Edwards, area municipal marketing manager, of Advanced
\nDisposal, the Columbia County company that also serves Lincoln
\nCounty.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe written proposal stated: “Since Advanced Disposal collects
\ngarbage in Lincoln County and runs through and around the City of
\nLincolnton, Advanced Disposal offers the following to reduce the
\ncity’s expenses:\n<\/p>\n

\n(1) Purchase the city’s garbage trucks at an agreed upon fair market
\nvalue.\n<\/p>\n

\n(2) Purchase the city’s carts at an agreed upon fair market value.\n<\/p>\n

\n(3) Provide garbage service for the city at rates that mirror those
\ncharged to the county.”\n<\/p>\n

\nThe rates quoted were:\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n2012 — $12.50 per month.\n<\/p>\n

\n2013 — $12.99 per month.\n<\/p>\n

\n2014 — $13.18 per month.\n<\/p>\n

\n2015 — $13.37 per month.\n<\/p>\n

\n2016 — $13.57 per month.\n<\/p>\n

\n2017 — $13.99 per month.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nSo that’s $12.99 from ADS to Lincolnton for 2013, and
\n
\n$13.05 from Veolia (now ADS) to Lowndes County for 2013<\/a>.
\nFor Lincolnton, that’s 1.5% per year increase from 2013 on,
\nexcept a jump of 3% from 2016 to 2017.
\nAt 3% per year from then on, prices would be about $14.84 in 2019,
\nwhich is more than
\n
\nthe $14.74 All-Green Services bid<\/a> to Lowndes County,
\nand it would take until 2026 at 3% raise per year to get higher than
\n
\nADS’s bid of $18.39<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\nBut what’s this?\n<\/p>\n

\n

\nIn the proposal, Advanced Disposal likewise indicated that the city [Lincolnton]
\nshould continue to charge its current rates to cover administrative
\ncharges.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nLowndes County discontinued charges for its former waste collection site cards.
\nAnd now that ADS owns Veolia, and
\n
\nLowndes County is suing Deep South Sanitation<\/a> to stop it collecting in the
\nunincorporated parts of the county,
\nADS would have more incentive here than in Lincolnton to raise rates,
\nand not much competition to stop it.\n<\/p>\n

\nWe can guess how much rates will go up, but we’ve got some pretty good clues
\nthat indicate ADS’s rates will go up.\n<\/p>\n

\n -jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ADS proposed last December to Lincolnton, GA, to start trash collection with a rate very like what Veolia bid to Lowndes County, with increases every year after that. The Lincoln Journal wrote 6 December 2012, Council hears proposal to privatize garbage collection, The Lincolnton City Council heard a proposal to privatize the municipality’s trash collection […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,70,88,478,479],"tags":[619,1189,6389,6390,773,6391,8704,8728,8701,8702,6392,12,7,8734,8772,8773,6,618],"class_list":["post-3919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-ethics","category-lowndes-county-commission","category-solid-waste","category-trash","tag-ads","tag-advanced-disposal-services","tag-all-green","tag-allgreen","tag-deep-south-sanitation","tag-dss","tag-economy","tag-ethics","tag-georgia","tag-lake","tag-lincolnton","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-lowndes-county-commission","tag-solid-waste","tag-trash","tag-valdosta","tag-veolia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3919"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3921,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919\/revisions\/3921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}