After months of going through the process and negotiating over the final bid numbers, the Fishers administration, under Mayor Scott Fadness, is recommending Republic receive the 10-year trash collection contract for residential customers and city government.  Priority had the lowest bid, but Republic already has about 60% of the residential customers in Fishers and would be ready to start the city-wide service in January of 2025.

The city would collect the monthly trash collection fee and Republic would provide customer service.  Mayor Fadness says this gives the city some clout with the trash pickup provider that the city has not had in the past when residents run into service issues.

The residential rates are set with no ability for Republic to add a fuel surcharge during the 10-years of the contract.  The mayor’s Chief of Staff Jordin Alexander says there are over 32,000 residential trash customers in the City of Fishers now, with some growth expected during the 10-year span of this contract.

Fadness says the rates may be a bit more than a few Homeowners Associations (HOAs) have now that are near the end of a multi-year pact, but Republic made it clear there would be big increases in rates once those contracts expire.

Those “snowbirds” that head south for the winter will be allowed to pause service while out of town.

There will be leaf and landscaping pickup in April and November each year, with 20 extra bags or bundles per week allowed per household of landscape waste.

Many more details are to come.  The city plans a public hearing in August and will have other events to explain the proposed contract and answer questions.  The City of Fishers has established a section of its Web site to the trash collection contract at this link.

The City Council will vote on the contract provisions later this year.  The new rates could be effective as early as January of 2025.