By John Estridge
Rumpke charges will go up each and every year for Brookville residents, present and future.
That was the information given at the Brookville Town Council meeting, Tuesday night, November 9.
Rumpke, the current trash and recycling pickup provider, was the only company bidding for the three-year contract. BTC President Curtis Ward read the numbers during the meeting.
For 2022-23, the trash pickup will increase by 75 cents from $10.25 to $11 a month while recycling will increase by 45 cents to $3 a month for a total of $14 per month, compared to $12.20 a month now.
In its second year, the increase will be 44 cents on trash pickup to $11.44 per month and then another 46-cent increase in the third year to $11.90 per month. The recyclables increase will be 12 cents in each of the second and third years. So, by the third year of the contract, current and the planned future Brookville residents will be paying $15.14 per month for trash and recycling pickup.
While BTC took the bids under advisement at the Nov. 9 meeting, that is the only bid the town received.