Recology is a billion dollar company that is accustomed to being a monopoly and not being forced to negotiate or bid for a contract. The US Attorney’s office charged Recology and senior staff with bribery and fraud in San Francisco. The company paid a $36 million fine in 2021 and two executives were criminally charged. Recology has a perpetual no-bid contract in San Francisco.
Recology claims they were losing money on the Sebastopol contract they acquired from the prior vendor. Recology had the opportunity to negotiate last spring but believed Sebastopol should make up for their mistake and pay extra in the new contract. Who but a monopoly would propose such a ludicrous idea?
And now Recology launched a PR campaign to malign the potential new vendor and the City staff and Council members who worked on the bidding process. I think any reasonable person would be extremely suspicious of Recology’s campaign. I support the diligent work of City Council members Maurer and McLewis and city staff.
At the end of this article, Fig. 4 shows the increase in garbage rates. Is there a similar chart that shows the increase in recycling and composting? I live in a multi-family townhouse community, using a 3-cy dumpster for garbage, a 3-cy dumpster for recycling, and six green bins (not sure of the size) for composting. I'd love to know what our total increase will be, but haven't been able to find out.
I am concerned for the business owners who have spoken to the huge increases in their bills...it seems untenable...can the Council revisit and try to remediate this so that we don't lose these businesses?
I watched the video and what is interesting about the picture is that 90% of the people who spoke work for Recology. I think there were two or three people who were citizens of Sebastopol.
Mary, that is not correct. At the meeting I wrote down every comment (in person and on Zoom) and whether they were from Recology or not. I have 52 comments total marked down. Of these, 15 were Recology employees. That's roughly 29% of speakers from Recology. The remaining 71% were local community members, many of whom I know personally, plus two ladies from Windsor and the CEO of SCRR. I checked these numbers against the transcript.
Recology is a billion dollar company that is accustomed to being a monopoly and not being forced to negotiate or bid for a contract. The US Attorney’s office charged Recology and senior staff with bribery and fraud in San Francisco. The company paid a $36 million fine in 2021 and two executives were criminally charged. Recology has a perpetual no-bid contract in San Francisco.
Recology claims they were losing money on the Sebastopol contract they acquired from the prior vendor. Recology had the opportunity to negotiate last spring but believed Sebastopol should make up for their mistake and pay extra in the new contract. Who but a monopoly would propose such a ludicrous idea?
And now Recology launched a PR campaign to malign the potential new vendor and the City staff and Council members who worked on the bidding process. I think any reasonable person would be extremely suspicious of Recology’s campaign. I support the diligent work of City Council members Maurer and McLewis and city staff.
Where did you learn this info about Recology? Do you have a source I can review?
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/trash-collector-recology-to-reimburse-nearly-100-million-to-san-franciscan/
Thank you very much! I think Sebastopol reps made the right choice, given Recology's previous overcharging/corruption.
Which bit? The overcharging in SF?
All in all, I believe Citystaff and Council came up with the right decision.
At the end of this article, Fig. 4 shows the increase in garbage rates. Is there a similar chart that shows the increase in recycling and composting? I live in a multi-family townhouse community, using a 3-cy dumpster for garbage, a 3-cy dumpster for recycling, and six green bins (not sure of the size) for composting. I'd love to know what our total increase will be, but haven't been able to find out.
I am concerned for the business owners who have spoken to the huge increases in their bills...it seems untenable...can the Council revisit and try to remediate this so that we don't lose these businesses?
I watched the video and what is interesting about the picture is that 90% of the people who spoke work for Recology. I think there were two or three people who were citizens of Sebastopol.
Mary, that is not correct. At the meeting I wrote down every comment (in person and on Zoom) and whether they were from Recology or not. I have 52 comments total marked down. Of these, 15 were Recology employees. That's roughly 29% of speakers from Recology. The remaining 71% were local community members, many of whom I know personally, plus two ladies from Windsor and the CEO of SCRR. I checked these numbers against the transcript.
My mistake. Apologies.