And the issue one again is money. City Hall owes Waste Control over eight hundred thousand dollars with arrears going back for about 3 months. And, until they get paid, Waste Control is on what you might call a go-slow: they say they are only picking up the garbage they can with their limited resources. So, today and yesterday that meant prioritizing garbage collection of industrial customers only - and collecting garbage from some Southside residences.

The City's position is that it simply cannot keep up with what it believes is the onerous charge for garbage collection to this contractor - which is 65 thousand dollars weekly - or more than 3 million dollars annually. This was a familiar refrain when the UDP's Darrell Bradley was mayor - and now, we're hearing it from the PUP for the first time since they took over city hall in 2018.

And for Waste Control? Well, if they don't get paid by Monday - they say they will be filing suit against the council. 7news is. Informed that a letter from their attorney Courtenay Coye LLP was sent to the council today that if the 820 thousand dollars in arrears is notepad by Monday, the council should be expecting a lawsuit for recovery of the outstanding sums.