Last Updated: June 2, 9:29 a.m.
FCC Environmental began hauling trash early this morning in Palm Coast, replacing Waste Pro after 17 years. It is not yet clear how much debris is being picked up from the latest clash between Palm Coast government and Waste Pro in the waning days of a marriage that frayed years ago and that nearly ended in 2021. The current dispute may end in litigation.
It is centered on the green or blue plastic recycling bins Waste Pro spent the past week picking up from residents’ driveways and hauling away in flatbed trucks.
Palm Coast government isn’t calling it theft. At least not in so many words. But the city considers the bins to be residents’ property, at least by contractual inference. Waste pro disagrees. The bins are its own, it says, and nothing in contractual documents explicitly says otherwise, it claims.
Many residents learned of the clash through press reports only when Waste Pro started taking away bins last week. Neither Waste Pro nor the city had warned residents. So it was too late for many residents to keep their bins in garages, though as news spread, many others subsequently did just that. The company stopped short of seeking to reclaim the bins through more forceful means.
But anything left on the street that had Waste Pro’s markings was fair game to the company’s workers–to the city’s distress and to some residents’ anger or puzzlement, though some residents also sided with Waste Pro. The company, which portrayed itself as a victim of misinformation through its marketing arm, does not lack for supporters in Palm Coast. (See: “Palm Coast Fines Waste Pro $125 For Every Recycling Bins It’s Taking Back and Threatens Litigation.”)
That’s left many residents without recycling bins. FCC, which also appeared unprepared, may not have replacements for weeks.
Meanwhile, for all of Waste Pro’s continuing pandering to residents as “valued” customers “and friends,” the city registered 31 complaints about Waste pro service in its last week of service, including 29 missed routes.
An examination of the written communications between Waste Pro and the city obtained by FlaglerLive–mostly between Waste Pro attorney Amy Shay and City Attorney Neysa Borkert–illustrates the scope and depth of the dispute. For three weeks, the two sides battled it out behind the scenes, each threatening litigation, each taking a harder line as the days progressed, to the point that Waste Pro last week accused the city of blocking streets with city trucks to prevent Waste Pro trucks from driving through, and that Waste Pro staff was being disrespected, though Waste Pro’s attorney wasn’t past disrespecting Borkert subtly but unmistakably.
Waste Pro continues to be the hauler in unincorporated Flagler County and claims, on its web site, that “It’s Not Goodbye.” That’s difficult to imagine, as the last few weeks have tarnished both sides–and likely sent many a local government poring over garbage contracts to figure out whether they’re vulnerable to a similar dispute. The FCC contract does not appear to be any clearer on the matter.
Battle lines were drawn early over Waste pro’s decision to reclaim the bins, and only deepened over time.
On May 12 Borkert cited different parts of the latest contract with Waste pro (signed in 2017) to assert unequivocally that “City residents are the owners of the recycling bins. The contract defined the bins as “distributed by or on behalf of City residents” by Waste Pro, and further states, in bold type, that “bin pricing shall be included in the base price.” In other words, it’s the city’s contention, supported by the contract’s wording, that residents “paid for the bins through the solid waste fee they were charged,” clearly making them the bin’s owners. “In addition, the bins distributed to City residents include the City of Palm Coast logo printed on them which supports ownership of the bins by City residents and not WastePro.”
In a statement posted on its website headlined “THE TRUE FACTS,” Waste Pro wrote that “Numerous discussions and transition meetings were held with city staff and Waste Pro management” about the bins.
City spokesperson Brittany Kershaw disputes that. “They said that there have been several transition meetings with the city on how they were going to collect the bins and that’s just not true,” she said on Tuesday. “They told us that there was the potential for them to pick up the bins, but that they had no plan to do that, didn’t know how they would actually make that happen.”
Waste Pro’s “TRUE FACTS” statement went on: “It is incredible to think equipment purchased by Waste Pro such as bins, carts, and trucks would be considered or thought to be the property of the city.” The statement is misleading, in that the city never made a claim about Waste pro trucks, only bins–and never claimed that the bins were its own, but had been purchased through the residents’ payments.
To “ensure that you, our valued customers, were not left without a bin, Waste Pro extended offers to sell the recycling bins at a discounted price,” Waste pro’s statement continues, without specifying. The company in fact offered to sell FCC 80,000 bins at $6 apiece, even though, according to its own website (screen-shot here, on June 1), it only charges residents $5.32 for a bin–and only when the bin is in addition to the free bins distributed by contractual agreement. Palm Coast residents get two “free” bins.
The word “free” should be qualified: in the 12 months, a household paid $340 for garbage service. In the 16 previous years that Waste Pro serviced Palm Coast, a single household would have paid $3,648 in garbage service, the equivalent of 608 bins at the price Waste Pro quoted FCC. That may explain Borkert’s assertion that residents have essentially paid for their bins.
Shay dismissed the claim, prompting a caustic reply from Borkert: “Are you telling me that Waste Pro didn’t use the money paid to it by the City residents not to purchase the bins it was freely giving to City residents? What money did it use? To say that Waste Pro paid for the containers with money from some other source is laughable. However, if you have the accounting history to show differently, the City would request to review it.” There was one more twist of the knife (they are lawyers, after all, reveling in the sort of exchanges they could not indulge in a courtroom): “It’s unfortunate that Waste Pro loses so many contracts that it routinely has to pick up bins.”
Shay had a different interpretation of the contractual phrase linking Waste Pro’s bin distribution “on behalf of the residents.”
“Contrary to the City’s contention, that phrase simply means that, if a resident did not wish to use a recycle container that the resident owned,” Shay wrote, “that resident did not have to arrange to stop by Waste Pro’s facility to pick up the recycle bin that would be used while Waste Pro performed its services under the Contract.”
In fact, the city routinely requested, and Waste pro routinely delivered, bins to residents upon request, as was the case as late as last month, when Zachary Cooper, the solid waste inspector for Palm Coast, referred to pending bin requests in a May 18 email to Waste pro Bunnell division manager Heather Badger-Felmet. Cooper got no reply. When he inquired again on May 24, Badger-Felmet told him that the requests would all be delivered on May 29–in the middle of the period when Waste Pro was taking back the bins across the city. Cooper told her to disregard the requests.
Shay was on firmer ground when she pointed out to Borkert that during the 2016 bidding process, someone asked a question ion the city’s public bidding portal about the recycling bins, promoting an unnamed city employee to provide this answer: “The bins currently provided to residents are the property of the current hauler.”
“I do not know why the Addendum provided a response to the contrary, however,” Borkert replied, though bidders rely on the city’s explanations and answers to such questions when crafting their bids, “it is not the City’s position on the current Contract, which was not in effect at the time of the Addendum.”
Shay was just as assertive as Borkert had been: “Waste Pro owns the bins that it provided for use by the residents while it performed recycling services for the City under the Contract. Said bins will be collected by Waste Pro unless the City or the new hauler purchase the bins from Waste Pro.”
But the contract language both sides signed in July 2022 seems to leave no room for interpretation: “Contractor shall be responsible for providing new Recycling Bins to New Customers and replacing damaged Recycling Bins. Title to all such Recycling Bins shall be transferred automatically to the City, without further action by either party, upon the termination or expiration of this Service Contract.”
The bins, in other words, do not belong to Waste Pro the moment they are delivered to a customer.
That was about two weeks before the company was set to start hauling away the bins. The back and forth between the two attorneys continued, getting sharper. Borker had noted the salient fact that had Waste Pro ownership of the bins been established, the contract would have laid out the process for collecting them once the contract expired. No such process was in the contract, nor had the company intimated it to customers. The city wasn’t going to do so, since it stood by its contention that residents owned the bins.
Borkert had also put Waste pro on notice that for every bin removed, the city would levy a $125 fine.
By May 24, tempers were flaring. Shay complained at the way a city employee spoke with Badger-Felmet, and demanded that any further communications by city staff “interface with Regional Vice President Brian Wintjen going forward on this issue.”
She then countered: “As to your new threat of liquidated damages for Waste Pro to retrieve its bins, it is as unpersuasive as your code violation threat. As you know, liquidated damages cannot be punitive in nature,” Shay wrote. “A penalty of $125 a bin, when the city knows the value of said bins are a small fraction of that number, would be met with a lawsuit. Given that Waste Pro owns the bins it plans to retrieve, the City will be on very tenuous legal ground.”
Bin pick-ups began. When Borkert asked Shay to ensure that Waste pro kept track of addresses were bins were being taken, Shay told her Waste pro wasn’t going so. On May 26, Shay complained about code enforcement and public works employees blocking Waste Pro trucks’ way. She sent a picture illustrating what she was interpreting as a blockage, though the city contends it was not.
“I have been informed of some verbal altercations that have occurred this morning between Waste Pro employees and City staff,” Borkert wrote her. “I have advised the City to contact Brian Wintjen, per your email below, in the hopes that we can work together to prevent escalation.”
She also explained why Waste Pro trucks were being followed: “The City needs to track the information concerning the bins, and following the trucks is really the only way to do that if Waste Pro is not tracking the address[es].”
Shay responded by referring to Borkert, whose first name is Neysa, as “Nicole.” It is not a name Borkert goes by. It may have been mere inadvertance. But misspelling or mis-naming an individual is a form of trolling. Certain political leaders with a gift for disrespect do it routinely, and Shay had also referred to Borkert as “Neysha.” It is uncharacteristic carelessness for a lawyer. Or it may have been
yet one more way to send a message in a divorce that may yet find Waste Pro and Palm Coast facing off in court.
TJ melton says
Obviously, the $125.00 bin retort aggravation assessment looks a lot like a good old extortion payback fee, against an actual $6.00 cost. Possibly a partial start on the $55 million road rebuild project. Creative accounting! Exceptional management!
Marshall says
What a joke !
pete says
Sure is, these people are crazy, All need to find a hobby.
Brian says
I have no truck with Waste Pro. They have always treated me fair and square. Sorry to see this degrade into a huge pissing contest. Only one’s to get hurt here are the hard working employees and the consumer. Palm Coast and Waste Pro y’all start playing nice in the sand box.
James says
Waste pro is an excellent company ,I never had a problem ,the problem is the folks running the city guess waste pro did not have enough in the kick back fund as the other company
Atwp says
My bin was a waste management bin. Waste pro took it, just saying.
Melly c says
This is so petty and obnoxious. People are used to recycling. People expect bins to be provided as part of this service.
Whoever is allowing the take back of these bins from residents needs to grow up. They are USED BINS. Just put them back! Nobody is going to melt down all that plastic and make brand new bins.
The Sour Kraut says
Both parties are to blame for a poorly written contract. Palm Coast residents are the ones who end up paying the price…as usual.
Sanitation lawyer says
I know exactly thing, I’d never give Waste Pro a letter of recommendation considering their behavior.
Your contract is over pick up your bins on June 1st. Not before your contract ends. Simply Waste Pro you breached your contract for everyday you removed them before the June 1st date.
For that you should get fined.
The City is not wrong, yes the bins are Waste Pros read the darn contract.
Waste Prp management please go away!
TR says
As a business owner they did not breach their contract. If in some area’s of PC the last pick up day for recyclables are before the 1st, then they have every right to pick up the bin. So for example, my last pick up was on the 26th so why not pick up the bins in my area? Why have waste pro make a special trip all in one day to pick up bins throughout the city. I say good for waste pro but the bottom line is, the city can try and spin this all they want city screwed the residence of PC.
Jimbo99 says
They probably were picking up the recycle bins at the last scheduled recycle pickup date. As FCC knows what the schedule is for pickups, if they didn’t handle that transition seamlessly maybe it wasn’t in their higher bid to replace recycle bins ? City of Palm Coast & FCC were well aware of the drop dead date that Waste Pro would be only picking up trash & recyclables in Flagler County that is not within the city limits of the City of Palm Coast.
Technically, if Waste Pro were going to collect recycle bins per a contract transitional end date, Waste Pro & City of Palm Coast had the obligation to inform every household that there would be a schedule to return all recycle bins within the City of Palm Coast ? That or have a central location for a recycle bin collection as dropoff location(s) ? certainly at that location, FCC & City of Palm Coast could issue FCC recycle bins. This was completely mishandled & the blame needs to be spread around to the 3 players in the game, Waste Pro, FCC & City of Palm Coast Government.
Back when the “lowest” bid process all began, the sales pitch to win the contract was how much better service would be. City of Palm Coast elected to award the contract to a contractor that was not the lowest bid. Considering, at that time, that even with an increase, Waste Pro wasn’t going to charge as much as the lowest bid process was quoted at by Waste Pro themselves. To me, what seemed like a gouge of an increase initially, turned into a work with the City price increase because of an established contract that was already in place. I suspect FCC will raise their prices and eventually Waste Pro will be the lowest cost solution. Waste & debris pickup is something you don’t mess around with. Poor service & we all end up living in our own garbage, that’s not a healthy community, living in garbage filth. Drive thru Port St Lucie, FL at either end on I-95, that’s not a good odor to raise families in.
Louis says
Just buy new bins $5.32 what’s the big deal your more than that
Brittany says
Do you know how many residents are in palm coast (over 40k) and the average househd has 2 bins – you do the math
Buh Bye WP says
It’s a bin. We’ll survive. Let that be a lesson: Pick up regularly as scheduled, or else all you’ll own is your decrepit, smelly recycle bins! What is WP going to do with 67,000 smelly empty bins anyhow? (I made the number up totally, just my guess) My bin was all cracked up around the rim, a health hazard to even walk by. That thing’ll nab your leg and rip you right open if you walk past it and brush against it. I’m honestly kinda glad it’s gone!
TR says
Somewhat of a stretch don’t you think. Really? The bin will jump out and cut you as you walk by? How about watch where your walking if you really believe this would happen, because most bins are off the road by at least a foot. Get real man.
Mia says
Palm Coast Gov: really? You’re fighting with them over recycling bins? You don’t have more pressing issues besides “bins”.
I never had a problem with Waste Pro. Late…who cares. It’s garbage. Missed my route..they’ll be back in 2 days. The residents that complained have nothing better to do. Every company has their issues ie short staffed etc
Back to bins….did you not go with another company? Make them provide them and have it actually written into the contract.
Waste Pro has every right to collect what they could. Don’t blame them one bit.
You fired them and hired another company for a lot more money. Let’s see if your new “golden” waste removal company provides the A+ service your “residents” approve of.
Drop the bins. You look petty. And…You really don’t care.
Thank you Waste Pro for your service. You have some top notch employees that will be missed.
Skibum says
Everyone should look at your comment, Mia. It is very reasonable and wise, and I agree with your assessment 100%.
TR says
Agree 100%
Celia Pugliese says
Mia you just describe it perfect. Lets get the totalitarian administrators on Community Development and city management bare the colors of the intentional goof up they did and lets remember for 2024 we need elected officials that need to change some city administrators that thou paid six figures by the residents hard earned taxes, they work for developers or special interest contractors not us! They in association booted our beloved Waste Pro, our favorite neighborhood eatery the Green Lion at even walking distance for many around the Palm Harbor Golf Course, they spot zoned the Harborside rezoning from 8.7 units per acre as is all the surrounding zoning in that section to 22.9 units per acre and changed also the resort destination to multifamily, erasing forever our beloved hotel and restaurant and Henry’s bar in the ICW. Last the City Community Developer lobbied for over 2 years Wawa to bring its traffic nuisance fuel depot to our already traffic backed up Palm Coast Parkway! They need to go in 2024 because they are destroying our pristine old Palm Coast! I still wonder why council and mayor appreciate those staff administrators so much for…our city demise?
Tony says
What about Waste Pro employees trespassing to confiscate the recycling bins?
Denali says
Did you put the bin out by the street for pick up? If so, you placed it on city owned property. They picked up the bin, emptied the bin and instead of placing it back on the city owned property, they put it on their trailer/truck. They never stepped foot on your property. Review your survey, you do not own the swale or the first 10 feet (approx.) of your driveway, it is city owned property. There was no trespass.
John Stove says
OMG….how inept is city staff and our local government that they cant even manage a simple waste collection contract? Are you kidding me? The person(s) who put the bid out should have had this all nailed down to the last detail to include FCC having a warehouse full of new bins on day one!
Somebody in Finance-Purchasing etc better get their head out of their a**
Jane Elizabeth K says
Here’s an idea City of Palm Coast. Instead of going to court why don’t you take the money you’d spend on a frivolous lawsuit and do something about our pockmarked roads and horrendous traffic!!! Then you’d truly be servicing the residents of Palm Coast which is your JOB and why you were elected to begin with!!!
John says
Once again poor planning by the City of PC. They couldn’t leave well enough alone. Well now I have no recycle bins. So, when can we expect the new recyle bins to be given out???????
The City of PC once again have its taxpayers as the victims.
TR says
The city screwed up but now the residence have to take the time to put in a request for a new bin from the new company. Good luck.
How Stupid says
Once again here we are paying for a service that some may not participate in because they do not have a bin.
Personally, I will find another way to put the recycles out until the new bins arrive whether it be a box or a
trash can or a bag. The city wasting time and money on this needs to stop. They can put this money towards
the utility increase they are proposing for the $52 million they want for roads!
Rewards for recycling says
After my recycle bin was taken by waste pro I called the city & was told my recycle needs to be put inside a clear plastic tub. So now I have to buy that which is more than $6 but less than $125.
pete says
Don’t have to buy anything,just throw it all in the garbage can.
Bill says
Back in the formative days of becoming a city, there were major discussions on whether to have a “strong mayor” system and city council, and a weak city manager, or vice versa. Well, look what we got! “good ole boy (girl)” city manager, and a clueless mayor and city council. With NO thought beyond the nose, they dump waste Pro, and engage FCC. Now, the residence (bill payers) are left “binless” and confusion reigns, and NO communication from either and all elected officials.
Well, rightfully so, you get what you vote for.
Mark says
I’ll side with Waste Pro on this debacle Palm Coast created, all they had to do was send a simple letter out explaining that everyone was getting a new refuse hauler but they didn’t. These days they seem to be bending over backwards for developers than providing for the City households. Every time I got a new waste hauler they took their bins or wheeled containers and new ones were dropped off in a timely manner within hours by the new hauler. This after the Village or Township sent out multiple letters to residents informing them of changes in pick-up, days and pricing, this “city” can’t even send out a monthly newsletter anymore with our water bills. I’d even wager that maybe half of the residents in this “city” had new clue that a new hauler was taking over.
Jillene Hamill-Wilson says
All I know is it is gone!
20 year PC res says
I have had no issue with the service provided by Waste Pro. However, on the last day of their contract, it was yard waste day and they only picked up debris that was in cans. they picked up no debris on the ground from my road or many other roads I went down. Not a great way to go out.
Trash Talker says
Meanwhile, FCC Env is just sitting back grinning like hell. This nonsense perculates throughout the industry and country, and Waste Pro has a tough row to hoe as they attempt to tap dance around this with other potential future municipalities. No, I can’t think of a worse way to run a business that predominately requires government and public support. There’s simply no win for them in the end, while spending hundreds of thousands in legal fees and even labor and equipment costs just to fetch a $5 bin. Anticipate some heads rolling at Waste Pro soon. Little stupid decisions like this from small minded overpaid stupid white men allowed to make these decisions is a corporation killer. Don’t be surprised to hear of an acquisition by Waste Management, or by twist of fate, FCC Environmental.
Road Bloackers says
I don’t know nor care what the issue is between Waste Pro and PC. But I will say that Waste Pro trucks are or at least in my area a bunch of jerks. I am trying to go to work. The Waste Pro garbage truck is in front followed by their Bin trailer with 2 guys in back and then a city truck following, I guess counting the bins? Regardless, I am waiting to get by a long road. Both the garbage truck and their trailer are in the middle of the road and not allowing anyone to pass. I am waiting, house after house. The city truck moves so I can pass but the not Waste Pro. I guess they want to be cry babies about it and do whatever they want. SO I finally get mad as I watch these bumbling idiots just stare at me with a smirk and luckily since there are no houses on one side, had to drive off the road and pass them in the grass.
So if you want to be like that good riddance. My children dont even act like that. What does that prove, but make you look like fools because you lost a contract. I have never seen a business act like that and ruin their reputation because they didn’t get their way. Hope you never come back!
Bin Grinches says
If it’s not clear who owns the bins, waste pro, the city, or its residents, then the bins should not have been removed. Taking property from a residence unless you have clear ownership is indeed theft.
It’s not the six dollars I care about, it’s being robbed of property I consider mine. I’m with the city on this one – who could have conceived of waste pro stealing a city’s worth of bins?
And just so those rat bastards know- I wrote MY ADDRESS on the side of MY one intact recycle bin.
Jay Tomm says
I was stuck on a little road for almost 30 minutes while their truck parade was going door to door to collect these. I was very upset. If I had mine I would have thrown it at them filled with dog poop.
Dannm50 says
How much more stupid b.s. do taxpayers have to tolerate? Please get your stuff together.
Dee says
Omg the bins are waste pro the new company should supply new bins with there name
Laurel says
Oh, my, gosh! Not being a fan of Waste Pro, or Palm Coast, this is downright amusing! Two inept groups fighting over old bins! That appears to mean that PC did not include bins in the new contract with FCC. Genius, and here you go again! So PC has bin truck trolls, and WP has a “true facts” website. Both sides have bin lawyers. The bean counters are now bin counters. That’s so pathetic!
Our bins (county) have “Waste Pro” written on them. If WP would pick them up and be gone for good, that would be just fine. We’ll be happy to invest in new containers.
See, waste removal starts with cities and counties doing the job themselves. Then, the local government decides they can do better with private industry. They don’t have to pay local workers benefits, just let private industry cut corners. Then, over time, things change. The price goes up and the service goes down. Ridiculous situations like this comes up.
Flagler Beach, I hope you’re paying attention. Your guys are good, your service is good, your responses are good. Keep it up. Don’t fall into this trap! Keep your guys! Y’all are doing a way better job than Palm Coast and Waste Pro. Congratulations! :)
Dennis C Rathsam says
My bin is full of tomato plants, does a great job. Tastey matrers too.
pete says
That’s a good idea, does anyone have a spare i could buy? Maybe you could sell tomatoes with a produce permit from the City of Palm Coast. If they don’t have one they will get one.
Palm Coast resident says
Waste Pro has always been very polite and professional. I can’t believe the city is taking everything so personal. They missed my street a few times, no big deal. I just called them up they apologized and picked up my trash by the end of the day. No big deal, it didn’t ruin my day or week. So what if a few hundred people complained about something Waste Pro did to them. This city is huge and there are a lot of New Yorkers that have moved down here and just complain non stop. It’s like they can’t complete a sentence without throwing in a complaint or two. Seriously sorry, but if you are from New York, or know someone from New York you know that’s true. I guarantee you bring in another company the complaint numbers will be the same. And of course they should be picking up their own bins, who cares if they didn’t notify the resident’s, they don’t need to their contract was ending that week, its their property, it has their name on it. Palm Coast stop being so petty, and democratic, and woke! I TRULY WILL MISS WASTE PRO. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. THANK YOU WASTE PRO THIS RESIDENT WILL MISS YOU.
Laurel says
PCR: Okay, you got the “woke” in there. Now it all makes sense.
Laurel says
Huh! WP missed our whole neighborhood for garbage pickup again today, and they just got renewed with the county. Didn’t take long. Well, the wildlife will get yet another break. I’ll pick up the mess tomorrow, again.
So either they are too busy fighting with Palm Coast, or I’m a New Yorker. This native Floridian resident would be gleefully happy if WP would move on.
Laurel says
We’ll, whatdayaknow? It’s Friday morning, and WP skipped Thursday pick up again. Who knew they’d do that? Only two cans entered by wildlife distributing contents.
jeffery seib says
Judging by the many comments and the mood of many residents, like me, that are a little dismayed by the entire deal of firing Waste pro and hiring FCC for a higher rate paid by residents. Shouldn’t the deal have been changing trash haulers for a lower rate for consumers? A part of the contract should have dealt explicitly with the recycling bins, spelling out where they will be when Waste Pro is gone. This, unfortunately, just seems to be the way Palm Coast operates. Just like the city engineers whose job is stormwater and roadways suddenly wake up and realize we got troubles and need a hefty fee now and an even heftier tax increase later. Sadly, most voters will vote on the basis of ads sent by the candidates in the days before the election. Of course, those ads will say everything is just rosy with the city.
Jimbo99 says
As Waste Pro rides off into the Sunset with their recycle bins, I have my 1st complaint about the new waste contract in place with FCC.
Just moments ago before typing this. It’s June 21, 2023. FCC is here on a Wednesday to pick up yard debris from the storms we just had per the contracted schedule days for waste & debris pickup. They’re complaining that the storm debris from the afternoon thunderstorms is too much to pick up. I never had that discussion with Waste Pro. Why is this dude telling me I have to request a scheduled pick up for a property that isn’t even mine with the amount of debris he’s complaining about having to pick up or leave because his truck lacks the capacity. I realize the truck they brought has a limited capacity. I didn’t bid the contracts for which I & everyone else is paying more for FCC to pickup, complain & leave what Waste Pro used to come & do without saying anything to me about. As I understand the contract with FCC, they provide the equivalent service for a higher per monthly fee that Waste Pro used to do. I can’t help it if Mayor David Alfin & the rest of the commission rubber stamps 10% growth. I was going to offer to help load debris, because that’s what I did for the neighbors that need assistance with a higher volume of debris. I’m about keeping the residential well kept. Imagine if FCC had to pick up furniture & appliances that the usual family of dwelling overutilizing renters dump constantly curbside too ?
Getting back to the encounter with FCC, so I told him, not my trees, not my property, not my problem, take it up with City of Palm Coast, come back later for the rest of it, how you get it done is none of my concern beyond it getting done. I am not employed by FCC, I just pay what the monthly bill is for my City of PC online account comes to every month in full. The bulk of the storm debris is from other properties that have far more palm trees that are shedding dead palm fronds. Imagine when a Tropical Storm or Hurricane actually passes by this year again like Ian & Nicole did last season ? I certainly don’t want to hear it from someone getting paid for a contract that I had no say in.
That moment when you realize how good we had it with Waste Pro, but as for this, just par for the course in Flagler County & City of Palm Coast, every improvement ends up being poorer service at a higher price.