Easttown Sticks with Waste Management, Crowd Goes Wild

At its March 4 meeting, the Easttown Board of Supervisors voted to extend the township's contract with Waste Management for one year.

"Hooray!" came a voice from the sparse audience.

The voice belonged to Devon resident Joyce McCullough, who said the garbage hauling decision was what drew her to the meeting.

"The 32 years I've lived here, I've lived through [having a] big family to, now, I'm a widow," she said. "Of all the carriers you've ever had, Waste Management is the best."

The supervisors and public works director Gary Bernhard were in agreement that residents seem happy with the company.

The cost of the one-year extension of the solid-waste contract is $976,670, which reflects a 4.5-percent increase. The contract does not impact the township budget, as customers are billed directly.

Bernhard said that the contract includes the services of a route manager who responds to problems and monitors haulers' efficiency. He described the fee increase as a modest change in an inflationary sector.