The Miami County commissioners voted Dec. 22 to approve a contract with R.T. Industries to provide workers for recycling pick up at events and festivals. The workers also will collect glass-recycling containers at Miami County businesses in 2016. R.T. Industries will be paid $10.94 per hour, per worker and $14 per hour for the supervisor. The total cost of the contract is not to exceed $7,500.

In other business, the commission approved a contract with Accu-Medical Waste Service Inc. for pick up and proper disposal of sharps needles at a cost not to exceed $25 per 30-gallon container. The departments receiving the service will include: county sanitary engineering department, public health, Tipp City police, Piqua police, sheriff’s office and incarceration facility.