Columbus City Council hired Waggoner Engineering on a 4-2 vote Tuesday night to perform environmental services for the city blight elimination program.
After Mayor Keith Gaskin broke two ties during Tuesday night’s Columbus City Council meeting, city residents will pay about $3.45 more a month and get one trash pickup a week with a city-provided bin, effective Sept. 1.
It took a tie-breaker, but the City of Columbus has a new garbage pick-up contract. The Council approved staying with Golden Triangle Waste Services with three changes.
City residents are looking at a garbage collection price increase of anywhere from about $1.50 to roughly $8, according to figures being weighed by Columbus City Council.