{"id":306954,"date":"2026-06-14T08:47:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T08:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/306954\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T08:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T08:47:06","slug":"port-st-lucie-council-meets-monday-on-24m-waste-pro-deal-refunds-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/306954\/","title":{"rendered":"Port St. Lucie council meets Monday on $24M Waste Pro deal, refunds possible"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014 Port St. Lucie city leaders will meet Monday, June 15, to decide how to use a $24 million settlement from former trash hauler Waste Pro<\/a>, including whether any funds could be returned to residents.<\/p>\n

The City Council will hold a special meeting Monday at 6 p.m. at City Hall to consider options for the settlement money.<\/p>\n

The settlement, announced in April, resolves a years-long legal dispute between the city and Waste Pro over its previous solid waste collection contract.<\/p>\n

As part of the agreement, Waste Pro will pay the city $24 million, and both sides agreed to dismiss the lawsuit and release each other from any remaining claims.<\/p>\n

The deal follows years of complaints from Port St. Lucie residents about missed garbage and recycling pickups, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n

Waste Pro previously cited staffing shortages, while city officials said the company failed to meet its contractual obligations.<\/p>\n

In April, Mayor Shannon Martin told WPTV <\/a>she supports the idea of returning the money to residents who experienced service issues, but said any decision would be made by the full City Council.<\/p>\n

“It’s the residents who went through all these issues and suffered as a result,” Martin said. “So we want to make sure that we do it diligently, very efficiently and effectively.”<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s meeting is open to the public and will take place at Port St. Lucie City Hall, located at 121 SW Port St. Lucie Blvd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014 Port St. Lucie city leaders will meet Monday, June 15, to decide how…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-306954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}