The Kenner garbage wars enter a new phase next week as Louisiana’s sixth-largest city prepares to replace its vendor in the middle of a contract for the second time in three years. Mayor Mike Glaser’s administration alleges IV Waste overbilled the city nearly $2.6 million for services, and IV Waste is now trying to collect $300,000 for building a trash drop-off site that the firm’s owner, Sidney Torres IV, once bragged he was building for Kenner for free. In 2020, Kenner's then-mayor, Ben Zahn, hired IV Waste to replace Ramelli Janitorial Service in the middle of Ramelli’s contract. The Zahn administration claimed Ramelli was underperforming and overcharging the city. Zahn argued Ramelli had a nonexclusive contract that allowed the city to keep it under contract for limited services and replace it for most of the work without providing the 180 days’ notice required to completely terminate the contract. MORE: https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/jefferson/kenner-garbage-wars/289-96b98b74-04ca-4c55-b7ae-788fcef003cc