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# STATE City officials are expected to do some trash talking
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/state-city-officials-are-expected-to-do-some-trash-talking/
- Published: 2006-04-11T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:32:51.000Z
- Author: Kevin Herrera
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*City has bone to pick with cemetery records*

(Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures appearing on upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agendas. Consent agenda items are routinely passed by the City Council with little or no discussion from elected officials or the public. However, many of the items have been part of public discussion in the past.) CITY HALL — To ensure that the city’s garbage continues to be disposed of properly, elected officials are expected tonight to approve the purchase of eight new garbage trucks to the tune of just over $1.8 million.

In all, the City Council is expected to spend a little more than $2.7 million, much of it going towards the garbage trucks, street improvements along Cloverfield Boulevard and 20th Street, and the completion of a new courtyard where the former police building was demolished.

The new garbage trucks will replace older models. According to a city staff report, the trucks will be provided by Boerner Truck Center at a cost of $233,044.93 each. The trucks will include automated side loaders currently used by Waste Management personnel for collecting trash, recyclable and landscape waste.

In January, city staff published notices inviting bids to furnish the eight trucks. Bid forms were mailed to 61 vendors and notices were advertised, according to a report from city staff.

Two vendors were chosen because of the variety of offers they presented. One company was Boerner, the other, Carmenita.

While Carmenita’s price was the cheapest, staff recommended Boerner because their trucks offered greater maneuverability, operator comfort and dealer support, according to a city staff report.

Money for the trucks will come from the solid waste fund and be transferred to City Hall’s vehicle replacement program, according to city staff.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 11, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/041106.pdf?ref=smdp.com)