Saturday, March 29, 2008

Reader Questions Validity of County Trash Proposal From Veolia

A reader submitted the following comments . . . .

"Let’s see, the proposal from Veolia to the county for trash district 3 was under $12 per month for trash and recycling. The population in this district is 10,196.

Residents in Crestwood pay Veolia $17.92 per month. Crestwood’s population is around 11,800. Using this logic, the rates are lower for smaller communities. This doesn’t make sense. The rates should be lower for larger communities."

Another reader responds . . . .

"Do you not get this? The cities are the ones not getting truly competitive bids. Veolia knew that a number of others would be seeking the district 3 bid, so they knew they would have to put in an aggressive bid or risk losing out.

Cities all across the state are way too complacent when it comes to bidding out services. In some cases, they are somewhat stuck with one company due to the fact that no one else is properly positioned to offer competitive services in their area. But too often they aren't aggressive enough with their bidders. But in the St. Louis area, there are a lot of players that can and will offer competitive bids to get this work.

God forbid that the naysayers would actually ever acknowledge that the county may be onto something here."

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:50 AM

    Do you not get this? The cities are the ones not getting truly competitive bids. Veolia knew that a number of others would be seeking the district 3 bid, so they knew they would have to put in an aggressive bid or risk losing out. Cities all across the state are way too complacent when it comes to bidding out services. In some cases, they are somewhat stuck with one company due to the fact that no one else is properly positioned to offer competitive services in their area. But too often they aren't aggressive enough with their bidders. But in the St. Louis area, there are a lot of players that can and will offer competitive bids to get this work. God forbid that the naysayers would actually ever acknowledge that the county may be onto something here.

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  2. Anonymous5:19 PM

    Naysayers or not, just wait until this process reducess the number of companies offering the service, and the small independent hauler can no longer compete. Once you get down to 2 or 3 National Companies, hold on for that ride.
    No different than no competition for cable,sewer, gas, electric, water, etc. Won't be that long, and all you penny pinchers will be really crying.

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