A consortium of 14 towns is suing Ansonia, saying the city reneged on deal to send trash to a Bristol garbage incinerator.
The lawsuit says Ansonia signed a contract with the group — the Bristol Resource Recovery Facility Operating Committee — in 2008, promising to deliver residential waste to the facility.
The operating committee is a group of 14 central Connecticut towns, including Seymour, that operates the Covanta waste-to-energy plant in Bristol.
The consortium’s contract with Ansonia was extended twice and was due to expire in June 2014, the lawsuit alleges, but between last September and January 2014, Ansonia didn’t haul as much trash to the plant as they had agreed to.
The lawsuit claims Ansonia agreed to pay $57 for each ton it failed to bring to the plant — for a total of $68,038 — but has not ponied up after being asked for the dough.
The lawsuit asks for damages as a result of Ansonia’s alleged breach of the contract, in addition to interest and “such other and legal or equitable remedies as the Court deems fit.”
Robert Michalik, the lawyer representing the plaintiff, declined to comment on the case when reached by phone.
Ansonia’s Corporation Counsel, John Marini, said that he’s reviewing the lawsuit, declining to comment further.
The lawsuit is posted below.
