PAWTUCKET – An associate municipal court judge with a turbulent history in the city appears on his way to an easy appointment as top judge in Pawtucket Municipal Court.
Councilors Tim Rudd and Meghan Kallman voted against the agreement.
Councilors said that though this may not be the most popular decision among Fairlawn residents, they must look out for the entire city and the costs of throwing away trash into the future. They said they expect improvement on past operation of the facility, with built-in protections included.
The city’s property subcommittee forwarded the agreement to the council for approval. Waste Connections will be required to foot the bill for the new transfer station and the city will then pay back the money over a decade of lease payments.
12/15/2020
Committee moves forward on new trash transfer station
The city is nearing a 10-year agreement with the operations of the Grotto Avenue transfer station. Waste Connections would build a new facility to replace the existing one.
PAWTUCKET – After a failed bid by City Councilor Tim Rudd to get another legal opinion on a new 10-year lease agreement for the city’s waste transfer station, the City Council’s property subcommittee last week gave an initial go-ahead to the agreement.
The deal, which goes to the full council Dec. 21, calls for existing operator Waste Connections Inc., which was the only bidder in a request for proposals process, to build a new transfer station at the existing Grotto Avenue site, paying the up-front costs with the understanding that the city would pay back the more than $2 million cost over 10 years and then own the facility.