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[quote="Guest"]The RFP was really over 700 pages long? That doesn't sound right. No need for it to be that long and who took the time to prepare it? Unless 99% of the is just supplemental materials like maps, etc.[/quote]
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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu, Oct 13 2011, 9:31 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: CRANBURY: Trash bids don't meet all needs of township</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">The RFP was really over 700 pages long? That doesn't sound right. No need for it to be that long and who took the time to prepare it? Unless 99% of the is just supplemental materials like maps, etc.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu, Oct 13 2011, 8:26 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: CRANBURY: Trash bids don't meet all needs of township</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"><a href="http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2011/10/13/cranbury_press/news/doc4e973b0a713b2561873028.txt" target="_blank">http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2011/10/13/cranbury_press/news/doc4e973b0a713b2561873028.txt</a> <br /> <br /> <br />CRANBURY — After receiving quotes for municipal trash collection from three different vendors, Cranbury has decided the information vendors gave is inconclusive, but a referendum asking whether the township should continue exploring the service still will be on the ballot Nov. 8. <br /> <br /> The three companies that responded to Cranbury’s requests for proposal were Midco, Waste Management and Central Jersey Waste and Recycling. <br /> <br /> Even though none of them gave conclusive information, the referendum has to stay on the ballot because the ballots already have been printed, and absentee ballots already have been received. <br /> <br /> The referendum reads, “Should the township provide residential garbage collection and charge a collective fee?” <br /> If 70 percent or more voters vote yes on the referendum, then the committee will go forward with more requests for proposal. <br /> <br /> The three responses the township received from their requests for proposals were inconclusive in various ways, said Committeeman Dave Cook, in a presentation at the Monday Cranbury Committee meeting. <br /> <br /> Whether the township should provide residents with a municipal trash service has been a question for over a quarter century, he added. <br /> <br /> But the committee wanted to look into it again due to the economic climate to see if there would be significant savings for residents if a municipal service was provided. <br /> <br /> The service also could be a way to help keep the community safer because there wouldn’t be garbage trucks coming through town every day of the week for the many different individual trash services residents have, Mr. Cook said. <br /> <br /> The contract the township was looking for would have provided a fixed price for waste pickup. In its RFP, the subcommittee appointed to explore municipal trash collection asked the vendors for the cost of the pickup of one 96-gallon can per week for each household with individuals having the option to have their trash picked up twice per week. <br /> <br /> All three waste management services responded their cost would be under $200 per year for the average household, but their responses were unclear in other areas. <br /> <br /> One service didn’t say how much an extra pickup per week would cost. <br /> <br /> Due to the ambiguity of the responses, Mr. Cook recommended the referendum on this year’s ballot simply ask residents if the township should continue to look into the idea of having a municipal trash service. <br /> <br /> ”It’s the people’s understanding that if they vote for it, it’s going to be done,” said Brian Deverin, of Cranbury Neck Road. <br /> <br /> He also asked how the responses could be inconclusive when the RFP was 724 pages long. <br /> <br /> ”You could have a lot of information on one question, and it can give the wrong information,” Mr. Cook said. <br /> <br /> Mr. Deverin also mentioned the municipal service would not be available to commercial properties or the Four Seasons retirement community. <br /> <br /> But most importantly, he said, was the fact the municipal service would replace the Department of Public Works trash yard drop-off where residents can send bulk items that aren’t typically picked up by private trash services. <br /> <br /> ”Large items would be on the curb for weeks,” Mr. Deverin predicted. <br /> But most residents don’t use the DPW yard because “Many people don’t have the vehicles to transport bulk items to DPW,” said Karen Janes, member of the subcommittee. <br /> <br /> Members of the committee were trying to clarify that the referendum cannot and will not establish a trash service. <br /> <br /> ”(The referendum) would be an indication of whether we should continue next year or will we say ‘thanks Dave (Mr. Cook), thanks subcommittee, let’s move on.’ We don’t have anything we can move forward with,” Mayor Winthrop Cody said. <br /> <br /> ”After we discussed this for many hours, we thought there was a definite winner,” said Richard Kallan, a member of the subcommittee. “We thought (residents) would save roughly $100 a year, but as we started looking into it further, there were dot your i and cross your t details. If we could just tell people that there would be a $100 per year savings, it would be an easy decision.” <br /> <br /> ”The majority of people in town are doing a twice a week pickup,” said Michael Stehn, of Hardley Drive. “If the cost per household is less than it is now, then that should be on the ballot.” <br /> <br /> Mark Berkowsky, of North Main Street, said everyone uses the trash service that fits their needs. <br /> <br /> ”Now you’re putting everyone in the same basket,” he said. “For that reason alone, it’s not good for residents.” <br /> <br /> Karen Callahan, Republican candidate for Township Committee and a member of the subcommittee, said none of the information to date is valid. <br /> <br /> ”I think asking residents to vote on something without information is asking them to make a decision in good faith,” she said. <br /> <br /> By the time the discussion was over, it was decided the township won’t move forward unless there’s 70 percent or more who vote yes on the referendum. <br /> <br /> ”We do have to move on. I don’t want to make this more complicated,” Mr. Cook said.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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