Cevons Waste Management Inc and Puran Brothers Disposal Services could find themselves liable to pay the city council for the purported termination of their five-year contracts for garbage collection in the city.
After the two gave notice of their intention to suspend their services, owing to the failure of the city council to service its debts to them, they were both informed by Town Clerk Royston King that their actions were viewed as the “termination” of their contracts, based on the fact that there was no provision in their respective agreements for the suspension of services.
The city council subsequently resumed responsibility for garbage collection with the aid of three smaller contractors.