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Washington City Council held their voting meeting on Thursday and finalized the contract for solid waste and recycling collection. The city entertained bids from Bigs Sanitation, County Hauling and Waste Management. They bid out several options that included automated pickup and manual pickup with both limited and unlimited containers. The contract was awarded to Bigs Sanitation. The contract is for manual collection and residents will not be limited in the number of containers that they leave out for collection. Council also amended its ordinance governing the business privilege tax abatement. The abatement program once was a city-wide program, it will now be limited to the central business district only. Once again Mayor Scott Putnam put out a call for volunteers to serve on several city boards. The city is looking to fill vacancies on the Zoning Hearing Board, Planning Commission and Civil Service Board. They are also anticipating vacancies on the Washington/East Washington Joint Authority and Washington Business District Authority. Applications are available on line and at City Hall.