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PAGE 8 - MESSENGER - <strong>September</strong> 20, <strong>2020</strong><br />
New trash contract for<br />
Madison Township<br />
Our Pictorial Past<br />
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Plus, OPWC grant for<br />
road work projects<br />
By Linda Dillman<br />
Staff Writer<br />
Madison Township residents will see a<br />
slight bump in the cost to dispose of their<br />
trash following approval by the township<br />
trustees of a new five-year solid waste collection<br />
contract with Local Waste Services<br />
through the Solid Waste Authority of<br />
Central Ohio bid process.<br />
The current contract expires on Dec. 31<br />
and is base priced at $18.54 a month. The<br />
new contract is $19.99 a month, which<br />
includes a 60 cents per month billing fee<br />
for the duration of the contract, and runs<br />
from Jan. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2025.<br />
“I think we need to get it locked in,” said<br />
Trustee Chairman John Pritchard. “With<br />
the little extra we’re paying, it’s best to get<br />
it locked in.”<br />
There is a discount for senior citizens<br />
and for residents needing a 95-gallon tote,<br />
the rental cost is an additional $3 per<br />
month.<br />
A separate recycling processing contract<br />
for the same period, also through the<br />
SWACO bid process, was approved with<br />
Rumpke during the Sept. 15 meeting.<br />
Road work<br />
The trustees held a public hearing on<br />
round 35 of the Ohio Public Works<br />
Commission Application process.<br />
Superintendent Dave Watkins said the<br />
application is due Sept. 30 and includes a<br />
$312,805 full depth road reclamation of 56-<br />
year-old Glenfield Street, which is in deteriorating<br />
condition, and a two-inch $94,878<br />
asphalt restoration of 52-year-old deteriorating<br />
streets in the Harriet Addition.<br />
“We need lots of roads fixed in Madison<br />
Township,” said Pritchard.<br />
The total application is for $450,370,<br />
which includes design and $25,000 in engineering<br />
provided by Franklin County.<br />
Madison Township’s 25 percent share<br />
would be approximately $113,000 with<br />
$105,000 funded through a loan.<br />
Watkins said the township received<br />
OPWC funding in rounds 32 and 34.<br />
“If we get this one, it’ll be two years in a<br />
row,” said Watkins.<br />
East Waterloo Street<br />
Photo courtesy of the CW Area Historical Society<br />
This is a 1910 view of Canal Winchester’s East Waterloo Street looking east from<br />
Trine Street.<br />
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