Advertisement
 
Plymouth, Indiana
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
 
Advertisement
 
 
Search Archive
 
Advertisement
Advertisement
News
Home
Local News
National News
Business
Horoscopes
Obituaries
Opinions
Recipe of the Day
Weather
Entertainment
Sudoku
Lifestyles
Advertisement
Sports
Local Sports
National Sports
Classifieds
Place An Ad
Classifieds
Service Directory
Make Us Your Homepage
The Pilot News
About Us
Contact Us
Subscribe
Submit Letter To Editor
Social Announcements
Weeklies
Bourbon News-Mirror
Nappanee Advance News
Bremen Enquirer
Culver Citizen
The Leader of Starke Co.
Community Events
Community Events
March 2010
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
MARKETS
QUOTES
 
Poll
Do you think the
U.S. economy is
improving?
 
Advertisement
Advertisement
 
Bridge busters invade Purdue University
Image
Plymouth students Josh Phillips (left) and Cody Benjamin watch as a bridge they’ve created withstands different amounts of weight during Purdue’s annual Bridge Bust competition. Photos provided

More than 20 Plymouth High School students competed at the 33rd annual ASCE Bridge Bust Competition at Purdue University earlier this month. There were 11 schools that brought teams to the competition for a total of 66 bridges.

 
Advertisement
Council ‘tentatively’ moves ahead on waste removal E-mail
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
By Rusty Nixon Correspondent
PLYMOUTH – The key word is “tentative”.
While the Plymouth Common Council took action on a contract for the city’s recycling and waste removal, it was, in the words of Councilman Mark Neidig, “…a tentative, and I emphasize tentative…” award.
In fact the Council will merely begin contract negotiations with Allied Waste, low bidder for the city contract for waste removal. Allied put in a bid for the service at $15.08 per household per month for service with Allied providing a 96 gallon tote to all residents and $13.66 per month, per resident to leave pickup exactly where it is.
While moving ahead with contract negotiations is a step forward for the service, Councilman still admitted during the meeting there is a long way to go in hammering out details of the service for the city. How the city will handle extra trash from a residence is a matter of some concern. While many residents have expressed that a 96 gallon limit is more than enough, others have expressed the opposite point of view, that it’s not nearly enough.
Currently other cities sell extra bags or tags for a slight additional cost to handle extra waste. The city will continue to look at possible options.
The matter of totes for trash also came up. While many Councilmen feel that the best solution for the city is uniform totes to help in efficiency and in keeping bags and less durable totes from breaking and leaving trash on the ground there was no real consensus on the matter.
The totes are another option that will be discussed during the negotiations with Mayor Mark Senter commenting that though he liked the idea of totes he also felt that, “…things aren’t going to change overnight.”
Currently three city employees work the city’s waste removal and one is scheduled to take a vacation in July and then retire. The other two are still weighing options but would be laid off from employment in their current positions.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 28 May 2009 )
 
< Prev   Next >
AP Online Video Network

 
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Click For Hot Products
JW Buildings
Quality Comfort
Hunter Transit
Stone Excavating
4 Season Decks
Clean Rite
G&R Home Sales
Post Buildings
DIRECTV Plymouth, IN
ADT Security Plymouth, IN
Advertisement
   
Copyright © 2010 The Pilot News
Powered by Tricube Media