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Town of North Redington Beach

News

March 14, 2007

Town Gets New Trash Hauler

Waste Services of Florida, Inc. will take over the contract for solid waste disposal in North Redington Beach effective April 1.

They were awarded the contract on a unanimous vote of the Town Commission at the regular March 8 meeting. Waste Services submitted the low bid for the job, beating out Waste Management, the current contractor.

The Waste Service bid for residential service will be $13.74 per month for regular trash, another $2.24 per month for recycling material. Waste Management had bid $17 and $2.62, respectively, for the same services. The winning bidder was also lower on commercial rates.

Each homeowner will receive notices from the new contractor, outlining the details of their service.

Pickup days for residential will remain Monday and Thursday. There will always be holiday collection, a guarantee required by the Commission. The current back door service will also be continued. The new contractor will provide containers for recyclables.

Waste Services currently serves neighboring communities. Representatives of the company noted that it is a successor to BFI, and that many of that company’s employees are still with the firm.

The Commission commended Waste Management for their years of service to the community, but said that in these times of increasing financial pressure on homeowners, it could not ignore the substantial savings that the lower bid offered.

Penny For Pinellas Passes

Pinellas County was assured a steady source of funding through the year 2010 for capital improvements when the county’s voters approved an extension of the Penny for Pinellas sales tax.

The vote means that North Redington Beach will also continue to get around $100,000 a year for the town’s capital projects. It also means that funding will be available at both the county and town levels for the beautification of Gulf Boulevard, a major goal for beach communities in recent years.

While turnout was relatively light, the issue was passed with a 57 percent majority in the county. North Redington Beach voters did not follow the county trend. There were 174 votes in all in the town, 77 for the issue, 97 against.

Town Names New Clerk, Deputy

Mari Campbell was the unanimous choice of Town Commissioners to become the new Clerk of North Redington Beach on March 30. She succeeds Sharon Proehl, who is retiring after 24 years of service.

Mari has been the town’s deputy clerk since June 2003, and is known widely as a cheerful helpmate and hard worker. She came here from Indian Rocks Beach where she had served as finance clerk for a year. Earlier this year, she was designated a Certified Municipal Clerk, a professional designation that comes after extended study and testing.

Mari and her husband Chris live in Indian Rocks Beach.

Stepping into the Deputy Clerk position is Renee Schmader, who previously worked as an executive assistant at the Doubletree (formerly Hilton) North Redington Beach Resort.

Renee started work at the beginning of the month. She lives in Largo with her husband Russell and one year old daughter Rissa.

Sharon Proehl succeeded to the Clerk’s position four years ago after serving as a deputy to Helena Reid for 20 years. She was honored at her last meeting with testimonials from officials and residents, and with the presentation of an engraved crystal vase.

Town residents will be able to bid their farewells to Sharon at an open house to be held in Town Hall on Thursday, March 29 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Code Update

The Commission completed action on the various ordinances outlined in this space last month as part of an ongoing reassessment of the Town’s code.

Of special significance to residents and visitors alike is the fact that it is now legal to ride a bicycle on the beach, and it is illegal to leave tents or other shade coverings on the beach after sundown.

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Bill Queen, Mayor

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