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JULY 24, 2025 • Vol. 37, No. 15
‘Epically failed’
Township board puts Priority Waste on notice BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
See PRIORITY WASTE on page 17A
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The Macomb Township Board of Trustees voted on July 9 to send Priority Waste a notice of default, joining a number of other communities taking action in response to a decline in waste collection service quality.
Board OKs cross-connections, buys batting cages
At its July 9 meeting, the Macomb Township Board of Trustees approved a cross-connection agreement between the Department of Public Works and HydroCorp, and an updated fee schedule.
BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
MACOMB TOWNSHIP — The Macomb Township Board of Trustees tackled a series of items at its first meeting of the month on July 9.
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The board, which lacked Township Clerk Kristi Pozzi and Trustee Peter Lucido III, unanimously approved a nonresidential cross-connection program between the Department of Public Works and Troy-based utility consultant HydroSee TRUSTEES on page 13A
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MACOMB TOWNSHIP — After more than a year of continuous service issues, Macomb Township joins a growing number of southeastern Michigan communities seeking answers and alternatives to Priority Waste’s residential garbage collection. The Macomb Township Board of Trustees — by a unanimous, five-member vote lacking Township Clerk Kristi Pozzi and Trustee Peter Lucido III — decided it would issue a notice of default and give the Clinton Township-based sanitation company a public hearing at its Wednesday, Aug. 13 meeting. The notice and hearing open the door to further action from the township. “I have, thus far in my four-and-a-half years as township supervisor, successfully worked through a lot of issues with a lot of different township contractors and vendors,” Township Supervisor Frank Viviano said. “I have treated them all like a partner. I am honest with them, and one