The Monroe County Commission on Wednesday agreed to move forward with allowing its trash haulers to raise commercial rates, despite the haulers being granted a 10-year, no-bid contract from the commission eight years ago and without the commissioners on Wednesday seeing any documentation that a rate increase is warranted.
Instead, the commissioners relied on the word of the operators of the three of the waste haulers, Waste Management, Marathon Garbage Service and Keys Sanitary Services. All three are seeking to be paid what the hauler of Ocean Reefâs provider is charging, which is roughly more than a $1 more per yard.