As expected, the Flint City Council last night approved a multi-million dollar, one-year contract for the city’s trash pick-up.
The city’s state oversight board is expected to give the deal its approval. The contract would pay Republic Services $3.7 million, and carries an option for an additional year.
Flint Mayor Karen Weaver wanted to use a different company, Rizzo Environmental Services for the city's trash pickup. Councilman Scott Kincaid fought against Weaver to keep Republic Services on the job.
“I think this is a just a great accomplishment for our community,” says Kincaid.
Months of bitter wrangling between the mayor and city council ended after the mayor’s choice to empty Flint’s trash cans was linked to a federal corruption probe in southeast Michigan.
