5 years, 10 months ago by Scott Hardy
May seek request for proposals in next few weeks
The City of Quincy's Garbage, Recycle and Yard Waste Committee met for the first time Monday, to look at how the city can save money.
The committee was formed earlier this month to study how those programs can cut costs. One way they'll gather information is by putting out a request for a proposal in the next few weeks on all three programs. Committee Chair and 4th Ward Alderman Tony Sassen says it's possible that no one would bid on the recycle program.
( 4th Ward Alderman Tony Sassen :18 )
Sassen also says that it's his first intention to not fully privatize trash service, but to give residents the option to keep using private haulers. The Committee learned that the recycle program would break even if the price of garbage stickers were raised to $1.50. The city uses revenue from the stickers to fund the recycle program.
The Quincy Police Department continues to move towards eliminating the use of paper tickets for citations.
The City's Police Aldermanic Committee Monday night gave its' recommendation to a proposal for the city to switch over to a paperless system called digiTicket. An officer would simply scan a driver's license into the system, which would then have that driver's information show up on the officer's screen. Any citations would be saved in the QPD's database, and once Adams County obtains updated software, the info could then be shared with the Circuit Clerk's office.
The Committee also voted to table indefinitely a proposal to increase parking fines in The District.