The Town was advised by RW Herrick on March 31 that they wanted to end their contractual obligation at the end of their contract on June 30, 2020. The company wants to focus on its dumpster and roll-off collection side of business and stop performing curbside collection services. Additionally, finding employees with commercial drivers licenses has been a challenge industry wide.

RW Herrick has been an extremely reliable contractor for the Town for 18 years and we feel fortunate that we were able to work with them. The company has agreed to continue on a month to month basis should there be any issues with finding an alternate contractor in a timely manner.

The current bid has three alternates. One is a three-year contract for a “carbon copy” of the existing program. The second is a five-year contract for the carbon copy of the existing program. The third is a five-year contract for a mechanical arm program that would continue to use the pay-per-bags or tags but provide the wheeled carts and the manpower and equipment for collection.