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June 27, 1996
Unless he vetoes the contract by 5 p.m. Friday at the City Clerk's Office it will go into effect Monday.
A veto would force the council to reconsider the issue July 9, said City Attorney George Constance. Six votes would be needed to override Steenbergh.
The contract with the existing hauler, City Management Corp. subsidiary Warren Waste Transfer, expires Sunday. The company is not obliged to provide services after that.
Constance said Wednesday the mayor has the legal authority to hire a company of his choice to haul the garbage without a contract until a new hauler is approved.
Standard and the company Steenbergh recommended, City Management Corp. subsidiary Pine Tree Acres Inc., both said Wednesday they would work without a contract if necessary until the contract is decided.
"City Management would not walk away from the city of Warren," said Pine Tree spokesman Jim Sharp. "That would be irresponsible. Since it's an emergency situation and a health issue, we'll do the responsible thing if we're contacted."
Standard Disposal Executive Vice-President Dominic Campo says his company is ready to start Monday -- with or without a contract.
"I don't want anybody's trash sitting on the curb with nowhere to go for any reason," he said.
Standard Disposal won the contract in a 6-3 vote at the end of a six-hour council meeting early Wednesday after Campo agreed to cut the price by $60,000 to match Pine Tree's $7.309-million offer.
Campo was surprised his company won.
"Justice has been served," he said. "I thought the process of renegotiating prices was offensive, but smart business people adjust. We did and got the contract."
Pine Tree Acres isn't angry it lost.
"When two elephants fight, we don't want to be the grass," Sharp said of the difference of opinion between the council and Steenbergh.
The revised deal was renegotiated in public by Campo and Councilman Charles Busse. Standard had the lowest original offer but was undercut at the last minute by Pine Tree Acres during face-to-face negotiations with city officials. Busse said it was only fair to give Standard another chance.