Oct. 5—CRESSONA — Good news for borough residents: You're going to pay less for trash removal next year.
Not until 2027 will borough residents have to pay more for trash removal than they are paying right now.
In the final year of a 5-year deal approved by the borough council Monday night, the quarterly trash collection fee is projected to be $93, just $3 higher than the current $90 a quarter.
The borough has yet to make the final calculation on rates for its roughly 700 households.
The rates are likely to be slightly lower because the contract with Anthracite Waste Services, the borough's new hauler, calls for a 3% discount for entering into a 5-year deal.
The lower rates are a dramatic turnaround for borough households, which were hit with a 25% rate hike this year.
After an analysis by Steve Moyer, the borough's engineering consultant, the five-member council voted unanimously to hire AWS, an Orwigsburg-based hauler.
AWS submitted the lower of two bids. The other one was by GFL Environmental, formerly County Waste, whose bid was about $20,000 higher in the first year.
Cressona will pay about $237,456, less the 3% discount, in the first year of the contract with AWS, Moyer's analysis found. In the final year, the annual rate is projected to be $262,110, less the discount.
The contract with AWS begins on Jan. 1, 2023, the day after the current contract expires.
The contract expands the current service, allowing for unlimited trash bags, recycling and bulk items on a weekly basis.
AWS owner Josh Kreitzer, who attended the meeting, said the company was formed this summer after he purchased Dettery Sanitation of Ringtown.
He plans to use the landfill services of Commonwealth Environmental Systems Keystone Landfill, Hegins, and North Schuylkill Transfer Station, Shenandoah.
AWS has also submitted a bid to provide hauling services to Schuylkill Haven, whose borough council meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in council chambers at 250 Parkway.
In other business, the Cressona Borough Council announced that Thursday leaf pickups will begin this week. People must contact the borough to have their bagged leaves collected.
Also, in preparing for winter, the borough purchased 100 tons of rock salt at $77.40 a ton through the state's cooperative purchasing program.
In addition, it purchased up to 500 tons of anti-skid material at $10 a ton from Summit Station Quarry, also under the co-op program.
And the borough purchased 45 gallons of red paint from Lowe's to put the finishing touches on its new pickleball court next to the borough building. The court has yet to formally open.
Mayor Sandra Renninger also announced that the borough's Trunk-or-Treat night will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31 at Good Will Hose Company.
The public is invited to participate, she said.
Contact the writer: rdevlin@republicanherald.com; 570-628-6007
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