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[email protected] SEVENTY FIVE CENTS Garwood Council in Quandary Over Doubled Recycle Cost By BRIAN TRUSDELL he said he had heard had doubled in The matter sparked a terse ex- Specially Written for The Westfield Leader cost per twice weekly collection. The change between Mr. Mathieu, Bor- GARWOOD – Acrimony flared matter had its roots in the March 24 ough Clerk Christina Ariemma and again at the Garwood Borough Coun- council meeting, when the governing fellow Councilman Lou Petruzzelli. cil meeting the evening of July 28, body voted to award a six-month con- During the July 28 meeting, Mr. with accusations and questions of in- tract, beginning July 1, to Equipment Bonfanti’s query raised the issue again competence, irresponsibility and cor- Rental Services to replace Waste since Equipment Rental had notified porate intimidation regarding the ven- Management. Ms. Ariemma on July 8, the day be- dors contracted to collect the Equipment Rental, which has been fore it was scheduled to make its first borough’s recycling refuse. responsible for collecting Garwood’s collection, that its truck was immo- “This has been mistake upon mis- semiannual bulk garbage, bid bile and it would not be able to fulfill take upon negligence upon reckless- $16,900, more than $11,000 below its obligation. That forced Ms. ness,” Councilman Jim Mathieu Waste Management’s offer at an av- Ariemma to find Regional Industries charged after Second Avenue resi- erage cost of $1,300 per collection.