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Hancock’s new garbage truck has arrived in town. The vehicle is a 2024 Freightliner M2 with a Heil PT1100 rear loader. Hancock finalized the city’s purchase of the new equipment ahead of bringing garbage and recycling services under public control. The vehicle cost Hancock 248,000 dollars. Hancock will need to increase the rate for garbage services, however, City Manager Mary Babcock added, that the cost will come at a lower rate than staying with Waste Management.
So this raises the cost of your water bill from six dollars to fifteen dollars to cover the cost of the garbage service. And that leaves the remaining dollar per tag. So that it’s kind of pay-as-you-go for at least a portion of the cost. So if you use less garbage, you pay a little bit less. – Mary Babcock, City Manager, City of Hancock
A renewed contract with Waste Management would have raised rates to more than 20 dollars. In other action, the city council appointed Jonathon Negel to the Downtown Development Authority. He will serve a term until 2027. Councilor Rick Freeman has been appointed to the Zoning Board of Appeals. Several other actions for Hancock’s August meeting included payments for construction projects this summer, sewer improvements, and the final payment to Payne and Dolan for work at the Business and Technology Park.
