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City to look at how other cities handle garbage and recycling collection
Emterra workers pick up leaves in Fort Richmond, on Oct.14. (TREVOR HAGAN/WINNIPEG FREE PRESS ARCHIVES) Photo Store
Winnipeg will review how other cities handle garbage and recycling collection as the city prepares to levy penalties against Emterra.
This morning, council's public works committee voted in favour of a report to benchmark what other Canadian cities do with their waste collection and the options for service. The report came on the heels of a push from some members of council to consider bringing waste collection services back under the control of the public service.
Public works chairman Coun. Dan Vandal (St. Boniface) said Winnipeg has already signed a five-year contract with Emterra, and the city can't break a contract. Starting Nov. 1, Vandal said the city will penalize Emterra $150 for every missed household pickup.
If the penalties do not result in an improvement in service, Vandal said the city will examine other alternatives outlined in the contract.
"Our constituents need to see better service and I'm confident given more time we will see better service," Vandal said.
Earlier this morning, CUPE Local 500 president Mike Davidson told council's public works committee the city should audit its waste collection services to see if it has saved any money since Winnipeg started to completely contract it out in 2005. Davidson said audits done in other cities such as Ottawa have found that it costs taxpayers more to contract out waste collection.
He said it's best to have waste collection split 50/50 between the public service and private sector.
Coun. Harvey Smith (Daniel McIntyre) said Winnipeg needs to examine ways of getting back into waste collection, saying the city has "lost control" of the service.
"We never had the mess that we have now," he said.
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