Comments on: Leon County Commission Approves New Rates for Waste Collection Services

By: iamrefreshed

iamrefreshed — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 16:54:40 +0000

I guess the County Administrator’s salary of $351,000 per year has to be paid!!!

By: Sheila

Sheila — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:41:58 +0000

Why would you increase a fee for a compa y that sends out calls weekly to say, Hey we missed you today but, will pick up tomorrow and constantly receive complaints from residents. Leon county commissioners do your job and work for the people not against them.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 17:55:21 +0000

I have a hard time believing that the county will increase the residential rate so they could help the commercial properties. Unbelievable I live in a mobile home park l and The yard debris is never picked up unless you call – as of Wednesday it has been three weeks since my yard debris has been picked up I called and they put me on the list but I haven’t seen a pick up yet.

Now new question. – do I get credit on my bill for missed collection?

By: Something to Consider!

Something to Consider! — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 18:12:10 +0000

Regardless of any justification of residential rate adjustments RESIDENTS SHOULD NEVER carry the burden of commercial service. That is just wrong on so many levels. Those responsible for making these decisions should be negotiating for the ALL residential and commercial customers.. YOU effectively have chosen to negotiate “for the bidder” and against your residents and constituents. A 54% increase to residents so “The County ” can reduce the cost of commercial service to commercial business’s is not negotiating. It is the county imposing another tax to residents on top of the “actual” residential bid by the vendor and passing the income to the commercial companies who support the elected officials.

it is no wonder why people continue to believe that officials are negotiating contracts for personal and political gain. Especially when you put your intentions in writing to the public.

By: Donald Bufkin

Donald Bufkin — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:19:26 +0000

This is really bad decision Leon county Commissioners

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 18:05:59 +0000

Unanimous approval makes it an easy choice on Election Day.

By: Jack Silverstein

Jack Silverstein — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:07:48 +0000

Waste Pro has performed so poorly under past contracts it has been fined by the Leon County Commission numerous times. Allowing this rate increase to Waste Pro is like awarding bad behavior in a child. We the voters of Leon County now have to bear the cost for this behavior. Just who is being punished?

By: Leon county resident

Leon county resident — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:01:17 +0000

Great. Shock to the wallet. This is going to cause new problems for neighborhoods in leon county. People who cannot afford this new rate will just ditch the service and dispose of trash without the garbage cans. There are some in our neighborhood now that just throw out there trash by the road. We have a racoon problem now due to the abundance of trash on our street. Waste Pro will not come pick it up either. They suggest calling code enforcement. Which will only make matters worse. I dont wanna get anyone in trouble . I expect this to increase in other areas.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 05 May 2023 10:06:34 +0000

Hidden tax on the county

By: Edwin Rodriguez

Edwin Rodriguez — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 16:24:03 +0000

As a government purchasing agent/supervisor for over 30 years, here’s the real problem with services contracts. It does not matter if a new contractor or incumbent is selected for a new contract, that contractor will hire or keep the same employees. It only makes sense to keep experienced workers. The problem is twofold: 1. Proper supervision of the employees by the contractor, and 2. Proper contract compliance by the assigned government contractor manager. Bottom line, keep calling waste pro if you are not getting satisfaction, but only if Waste Pro is not in compliance with their terms of the contract.