{"id":100478,"date":"2026-05-06T11:49:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/100478\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T11:49:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:49:42","slug":"west-lebanon-township-approves-trash-and-recycling-contract-with-casella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/100478\/","title":{"rendered":"West Lebanon Township approves trash and recycling contract with Casella"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article was funded by LebTown donors as part of\u00a0our Civic Impact Reporting Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The West Lebanon Township Board of Commissioners approved a new three-year trash and recycling contract with Casella Waste Systems during the May 4 meeting.<\/p>\n

Weekly trash and biweekly recycling services will start at $86.58 per dwelling unit during the first year. This will increase to $90.90 for the contract\u2019s second year and then $95.46 for the third.<\/p>\n

Casella\u2019s bid was the lowest of the three submitted. Good\u2019s Disposal Service\u2019s bid was $90 per quarter for the first year, $95 per quarter for the second, and $100 per quarter for the third. Senior citizens and military personnel would have received a discounted rate of $75 per quarter, increasing by $5 each year of the contract.<\/p>\n

Waste in Time\u2019s bid showed $105 per quarter, with a senior rate of $90. They only provided a one-year offer.<\/p>\n

Township residents are now paying $84 per quarter, and there is a military and senior rate of $78 per quarter, so rates will be increasing slightly starting July 1.<\/p>\n

Commissioners asked about considering the senior and military rate, but solicitor Paul Bametzreider reviewed the bid information and said it didn\u2019t include a requirement to offer the discounts.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of our residents are seniors, so for seniors it\u2019s cheaper if you go that route,\u201d commissioner Michelle Testerman said.<\/p>\n

Jonas Kreitzer with Casella attended the meeting and said they have a senior rate, but they didn\u2019t know to include it in the bid.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The senior rate] varies from community,\u201d Kreitzer said. \u201cI\u2019m not exactly sure what that rate would be.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also said the company is flexible on pick-up days depending on what the township wants. The bid packet stated that companies should have a pick-up day of Tuesday or Wednesday for the township\u2019s residents.<\/p>\n

In other business, commissioners:<\/p>\n

Adopted a resolution updating the employee handbook regarding overtime. The update will change the handbook from granting overtime pay when an employee surpasses 8 hours per day to when they work more than 40 hours in a week.<\/p>\n

Adopted a resolution appointing Chele Gibble and alternate Janelle Groh onto the Tax Collection Committee, effective May 4 until Dec. 31.<\/p>\n

West Lebanon Township will meet next on June 1 at 7 p.m. at the municipal building at 322 N. 22nd St., Lebanon. Meetings are also streamed on Zoom and can be accessed through a link<\/a> posted to the website before the meeting.<\/p>\n

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