| Latest Post: Started By: Rank: Category GLOVERSVILLE TRASHJEERS- To the city of Gloversville's new plan to bilk money from the taxpayers. The move to get residents to pay out of pocket for trash removal once again shows us just how low they will go! We are getting nearly NOTHING for our tax dollars now and the take aways are sickening! It won't lower the taxes a single cent as this is why they want the change, they want our money to squander it on "other" city wasteful policies that will in no way whatsoever benefit the taxpayers! WHERE does this all lead to? What is the end game here? You keep raising taxes, chasing away business and taking away city provided services. Throw in the we have a poor preforming, over cost school and a library tax on our Gloversville Free Library and what do you get? Vacant stores, houses that will never sell and a city that is totally BROKE! Hey!! Just find a way to cut the costs! Member CommentsTiredOfTaxPrivatization would mean DPW employees no longer would perform curbside pickup. Instead, the city would grant a private company a license to provide residential garbage service and residents would be billed directly by the service provider. Posted 320 days ago. TiredOfTaxHardman predicted, based on costs incurred by other municipalities that contract for private garbage collection, the cost would be $10 to $15 per month per household. The cost is largely determined by volume of customers. Third Ward Councilman Don Ambrosino said in an interview in May that if the bids come in as low as Hardman said he expected, "it should help lower taxes." Since most companies provide and require trash bins, Ambrosino said, he hopes privatized garbage pickup could cut down on blight, with "a lot less garbage from bags that have been ripped open" by animals. "I think it's a great idea," Ambrosino said. "I was surprised and happy to see Heath already started to initiate checking everything out." Hardman in May presented the Common Council with an analysis of the pros and cons of privatizing city garbage services. Privatization would mean DPW employees no longer would perform curbside pickup. Instead, the city would grant a privat Posted 320 days ago. Post a Comment |