{"id":156366,"date":"2022-07-28T03:41:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T08:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=156366"},"modified":"2022-07-29T03:45:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T08:45:28","slug":"suggestion-of-single-vw-trash-hauler-gets-icy-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/07\/28\/suggestion-of-single-vw-trash-hauler-gets-icy-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"Single trash hauler idea gets icy reception"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It appears the idea of possibly going with a single trash hauler in Van Wert doesn\u2019t have much traction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Wednesday night\u2019s special Van Wert \u201cCouncil of the Whole\u201d meeting, most council members seemed against it and those in the audience shared their displeasure with the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Ward Councilman Jeff Agler and Second Ward Councilman David Stinnett were the first two to voice opposition to the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Van Wert City Councilman At-Large Bill Marshall talks about talks trash collection during Wednesday night’s meeting. Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am staunchly going to oppose any one out-of-town company coming in and doing our trash,\u201d Agler said. \u201cI\u2019m going to oppose it and protect the businesses we have here in town.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGoing to a single hauler system now, my personal opinion, it does not benefit us,\u201d Stinnett said. \u201cRight now protecting the local haulers benefits us because of the things that they do that no other hauler is going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agler and Stinnett both mentioned local haulers sponsor local entities ranging from youth sports to the schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third Ward Councilwoman Julie Moore said she has an open mind but is leaning toward supporting local haulers, while At-Large Councilwoman Judy Bowers echoed those thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI do want to help people who need help removing large items, I think we can do that,\u201d Moore said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At-Large Councilman Jeff Kallas said he too has an open mind but noted a single hauler could hurt small businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf I had to vote today I don\u2019t know where I would go,\u201d Kallas said. \u201cI\u2019ve talked to a lot of people, some of them anti-one hauler, while others are very supportive. It\u2019s like being an umpire \u2013 every time you call a ball or strike you\u2019re going to make half of the people mad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Councilman At-Large Bill Marshall, who previously distributed copies of single trash hauler contracts with other municipalities (Antwerp, Bluffton, Bryan, Delphos, Fremont, Minster and Payne) said he has an open mind and questions about bulk item disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo be very honest with you what I was looking for in these papers from the seven different locations is what amenities were there besides just the pickup,\u201d Marshall stated. \u201cI think one common thing that I\u2019ve felt for a long time here is the bulky item issue \u2013 getting rid of ancillary things that are not in the pickup schedule. I think there\u2019s maybe a lot of room there if we were to work with our local haulers to bridge that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourth Ward Councilman Andrew Davis said Van Wert is the first city he\u2019s lived in that has multiple trash haulers. He said he has no problem with local haulers and he too mentioned the need to somehow improve pickup and disposal of bulky items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is up to us, council and the administration, to come up with a way to make this easier,\u201d Davis said. \u201cWhat I want is to make things easier for Van Wert residents and I\u2019m 100 percent open to discussing any solution that makes the process more efficient, safer, cleaner and more reasonable for Van Wert citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added the city would be best served to modernize the process in some way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 90-minute meeting also included audience participation and discussion on prices included in other single hauler contracts, along with possible pros and cons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five trash haulers are currently registered with the city and it was suggested that council members sit down with them to discuss ways to improve bulk pickup. It was also suggested the haulers meet with each other to discuss ways to work together to pick up large or bulky items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI believe there\u2019s a solution within this room,\u201d Council President Jerry Mazur said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The topic is expected to be discussed further at future meetings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor It appears the idea of possibly going with a single trash hauler in Van Wert doesn\u2019t have much traction. During Wednesday night\u2019s special Van Wert \u201cCouncil of the Whole\u201d meeting, most council members seemed against it and those in the audience shared their displeasure with the idea. First Ward Councilman Jeff Agler […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-31 13:49:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156366"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156409,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156366\/revisions\/156409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}