New Lebanon Municipal Manager George Markus asked council Dec. 1 if it wants to do the same thing. The WRCG trash contract expires next July.
Markus said the issue is mainly economic. Because New Lebanon has a denser population than surrounding townships, trash haulers can operate more efficiently.
Also, New Lebanon’s trash contract with Dempsey doesn’t expire until the end of next December.
An informal discussion showed council unanimously agreed to go it alone again. Markus was instructed to advise the WRCG that New Lebanon would not be a part of its waste contract bid.
In other matters:
• New Lebanon is offering a prescription discount card to offer average savings of 20 percent. In collaboration with the National League of Cities, the card is designed for those who are uninsured or underinsured.
The discount card, which can be used almost anywhere, is for prescriptions not covered by other insurance. Enrollment is free, coverage extends to all family members and there are no use limits and no age or income requirements.
The cards are available at the New Lebanon municipal office, the New Lebanon branch of the Dayton Metro Library, and all New Lebanon school offices.
• Council heard a second reading of an ordinance to increase the fee on returned checks (insufficient funds) from $25 to $39. Markus said that amount “more closely mirrors our true administrative costs.”
A vote should take place at council’s Dec, 18 meeting.
• New Lebanon contracts with Streamborn Environmental Services for their water and sewer plant operations. An ordinance seeks to raise the hourly rate for those services from $32 to $33.
New Lebanon doesn’t employ a licensed wastewater plant operator as required by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and contracts out instead.
The contract under discussion will cover just next year.
About the Author