The Crawfordsville Board of Public Works and Safety opened bids on Wednesday for the latest contract for solid waste disposal.
The board received bids from Waste Management, T&S Trash Service and Republic Services with costs ranging from $27.75 to $55 per ton for disposal at the transfer station and landfill. The bids were taken under review.
The current agreement, which was approved in 2019, is with Waste Management at $56.14 per ton.
In other business, the board:
• Set official Halloween trick-or-treat hours for 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31.
• Approved an agreement with business solutions company Sedgwick in the amount of $4,675 for routine reappraisal of the City of Crawfordsville’s main properties. The eight properties are reappraised every three years.
• Approved a request from Music on Grant to close the gates at Pike Place from 3 to 7 p.m. Sept. 26 for a recital. The rain date is Oct. 3.
• Approved a request to place a street light at the alley intersection along 515 Valley Drive.
• Approved code enforcement requests for the street department to mow properties at 1100 W. Market St. owned by Mark Sipe and 209 Dunn Ave. owned by Gemain Salinas.
