Red River Representatives Fail to Appear Before Council
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowLess than a week after filing for bankruptcy, representatives for the city’s trash collection company did not show up to Tuesday’s council meeting to answer questions.
Red River Waste Solutions filed for bankruptcy last Thursday blaming the pandemic for labor shortages. The company has been repeatedly slammed for not picking up trash in neighborhoods making for some frustrated customers.
“We want to know that they’re committed to continuing service and that candidly service can improve and we’re hopeful the process brings that about but we’ve got a long way to go before we know the outcome of that,” Timothy Haffner, one of the city’s lawyers said.
The city promised Red River representatives would be there to answer questions at the meeting, but instead Haffner and his partner Jay Jaffe were left to provide those answers.
“Can you repeat why a representative with Red River was unable to come today,” Councilwoman Sharon Tucker said.
“They indicated they had a scheduling conflict and weren’t available to stay we met them briefly before this meeting,” Haffner said.
In their conversation before the meeting Jaffe and Haffner say the Red River representatives seemed confident about the bankruptcy process. But they do hope they make their way before council soon.
“When they said that they were unable to come tonight we said well we suspect that you’ll have multiple invitations to come again and so we encourage them to make themselves available in the future,” Jaffe said.
Jaffe says he’s confident Red River will work out a plan, he says since the company is small they can’t afford to remain in bankruptcy for too long without facing huge financial problems. He ensures that concerned customers have nothing to worry about just yet.