PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (WTOK) – Residents and businesses in Philadelphia were experiencing a few issues with their Waste Pro pickup schedule and containers.
According to Mayor Fulton, in the fall, they started reviewing their contract and noticed that the city or municipalities in the state of Mississippi could not make money on sanitation, so when looking at expenses and revenues, they knew it wasn’t at a break-even point.
They then started to send out bids and look at quotes from different companies, and realized Waste Pro was the best fit for them.
News 11 sat down with Mayor Fulton, as he goes more into detail on the matter and what the residents and businesses can expect moving forward.
“Back in December, early January, we got the bid proposals out, and all the quotes came in like the middle of February, like February 16th. The board went through them, and Waste Pro had our services. They were low quoters, so they got them. In the past, we had two pickups, but no receptacle. If we’d have kept that, it would have been going probably $26 to $27 a month. So, the board of aldermen decided to go with the new receptacle, and one pickup a week. It’s a 96-gallon container, and the individual citizens need more than one. It’s $10, and they just need to call City Hall, and we’ll get them one.”
A new map showing the updated pick-up schedule has been provided:
Routes and days of pickup are set to take place in Philadelphia, MS(WTOK)
Mayor Fulton would like to thank the city for being patient and working with them as they continue to sort out these minor issues.
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