Republic Services won an emergency contract Monday to collect trash in the city from Oct. 31 to Dec. 31.
The Gary Sanitary board approved the measure by a 5-0 vote.
Republic Services, the city’s trash hauler before Waste Management, will receive the same collection fees of $14.40 per household as Waste Management.
GSD attorney Jewell Harris Jr. said Republic Services offered the lone response to the request for emergency services following the Sept. 20 termination of the contract with Waste Management.