Bowmanstown Borough Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution that calls for a $2 increase that ups the monthly garbage rate to $35.

That comes after council on a 6-1 vote last month approved the new rate.

Earlier last month, council on a 4-3 vote awarded a five-year trash contract to Tamaqua Transfer for $711,044.

After that vote, Councilman Darren Thomas said he wasn’t sure if council fully realized that its decision means that in essence, it will be paying more from the start by going with the 5-year deal rather than the 3-year deal.

Tamaqua Transfer also turned in a bid for a 3-year contract in the amount of $408,926. It did not submit a quote for a 1-year contract.

Larry Wittig, president of Tamaqua Transfer, said the council members who voted in favor of the 5-year pact were wise to do so.

The new contract does not include recycling, and was based on 387 residential units, each permitted to have up to four 39-gallon trash bags per week.