Comments on: ECUA Seeks Rate Increases, Pay Hikes

By: Talesha

Talesha — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:42:45 +0000

I lived in a small town in Minnesota before that had a great way of dealing with the trash issue. There was NO trash bill. What they did was pick up recycling for free and the local stores sold particular bags for pickup by the local company and the company got paid from the bad sales. It encouraged recycling and the only fee you ever paid was for bags that you would buy anyway. Basically, if you aren’t producing alot of trash you aren’t spending much money on bags. The city ran the water so there was no other company to deal with other than our elected officials. Maybe we should consider this…Being able to talk to an official if there is a problem with water and sell special bags for trash pickup. It would be amazing for our areas recycling. Has anyone else noticed how many people here don’t even have the recycling can even though it is totally free? How much stuff that goes in that can would be reduced ALOT and most people would really only need the one pickup. If you didn’t know contact ECUA and request a FREE recycling can. It gets picked up on the same day as the regular trash. It takes paper, plastic, metal, glass, cardboard, etc… Take a hard look at your inside trash can before you throw it out and think about the percent of stuff you have in there that SHOULD be recycled. You don’t even have to sort the stuff, just put it in the can.

By: nudo

nudo — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:30:44 +0000

All you here anymore is you should use less, reduce your water usage, power etc. So now that people don’t use as much that should mean you save money. But now the utilities Co doesn’t dring in enough money anymore…so what does that mean, oh we have to charge you more for the very thing we want you to conserve. Its all a rip!

By: jj

jj — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:23:29 +0000

Increases come with all utility services. Having garbage pickup is much easier on the back. Trying to remember when the Oak Grove Land Field is open is a problem within itself. By the way ECUA’s garbage pick up is a good Christmas Gift for older parents and it gives 12 months a year.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 07:51:33 +0000

REGARDING:
“I spoke with the County about ECUA and I was told that the County has no control over what ECUA does. ”

Just consider the fact that you elect your member of the ECUA. That means he answers to you, not to the County Commissioners. Same thing with Sherriff. Obviously they have to interact but those you elect answer mostly only to you.

David for separation of powers
and considered votes

By: Dishearted

Dishearted — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 22:07:29 +0000

I spoke with the County about ECUA and I was told that the County has no control over what ECUA does. I thought the County was the contractor and ECUA was a sub-contractor. well we know who isnt the BOSS..the County..and if that is so why do we need county leaders anymore..and speaking with the county leaders ,most of what I hear is State statues numbers so they cant do anything,so who need them anymore..

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 21:53:32 +0000

When Allied Waste had my route we were given two pickups per week. Now since ECUA ran them out of town, I get one pickup per week (sporadic times) and the priveledge of walking the neighbor hood picking up trash due to the inefficient design of their trucks for the same money. ECUA, if this is the best you can do while at the same time raising rates, please bring Allied back for us northenders.

By: Oak Grove Bud

Oak Grove Bud — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:55:01 +0000

The ECUA is the biggest liter bug in the county. Maybe they will figure out how to keep the trash in their trucks with this price increase. They like to blame the customer on the way they package their garbage. I say when it’s in the back of their truck it is their responsibility to keep it from being blown out on the roadways!!!!!!! If they were fined for letting garbage fly from their trucks, they would pass that cost to the customer as well.

By: Cliff Caruthers

Cliff Caruthers — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 05:22:23 +0000

The ECUA can do anything they want,they charge a .99cents on our garbage service(fee per county ord) and the county says they dont get anything from the trash service. but if you stop garbage service,they will still charge you for trash pick up.If you dont pay a lean will be placed on your property, for the fees..I think its time to take back our COUNTY from the people that cant run it.

By: stephanie downey

stephanie downey — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 04:23:57 +0000

It ticks me off to think about ECUA raising the rates by even 1cent. I have had service with them now for 6 months and out of those few short months they have missed picking up either my regular or recyclable 9 of those weeks. I have called and emailed every time and not one time have they offered to discount my bill. My recyclable sat in the same spot full for three weeks. Last week they sent a pick up truck with an empty can and took my full can because I showed out so bad. So somebody please tell me why our rates should go up. They wouldn’t have extra expenses if they did their job right the first time.

By: ecua employee

ecua employee — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:54:59 +0000

it seems no matter what happens the ones in control {higher ups] will end up with most of the money anyway. we are all under payed for the jobs we do and they are allways raiseing the cost of our ins./ they have plenty of money to waste on things that we dont really need instead of given the money to the employees.just a few things needed to get off my chest its not all but its a start