Skakopee City Council: Hearing on Delinquent Garbage Bills

Video from the Shakopee City Council meeting on Sept. 16. The hearing on delinquent garbage bills starts at about the 12 minute mark of the video.

Bruce Loney, director of Public Works, said the number of unpaid bills was 246. The cost of the unpaid bills combined with the administrative cost of dealing with the bills was about $55,000 Loney said.

The is the final year Dick’s Sanitation will handle the city’s garbage pickup. Last year the city chose to award its garbage contract to Allied Waste Services whose bid came in $400,000 less than Dick’s, Shakopee Valley News reported.