The owner of a new trash hauling business whose father’s long-established trash hauling business was recently sold to Burgmeier’s Hauling complained to City Council Monday that Burgmeier’s owner has refused to let the son’s firm unload at Burgmeier’s transfer station.

Jimmy Fornari, son of Dutch Fornari of the recently sold Dutch’s Hauling, is upset about the denial of service by Dave Burgmeier, because the only other transfer station near Altoona closes at 1:30 p.m., two hours earlier than Burgmeier’s, putting a time squeeze on the new firm to get all its customers’ trash collected — given that local ordinances in Altoona, Logan Township and Hollidaysburg don’t allow collections to begin earlier than 5 a.m.

City officials at the meeting promised to find out whether those ordinances enforced in those municipalities by the Intermunicipal Relations Committee requires the transfer station to serve all comers, but a check Wednesday with the IRC solicitor indicated there’s no such requirement, according to IRC Executive Director Brock Bryan.

Dave Burgmeier personally declined to accept Jimmy Fornari’s request to offload at the transfer station without explaining why, Fornari said after the council meeting.

Fornari guesses Burgmeier’s refusal may be based on a presumption that after buying Dutch’s business, he wouldn’t need to be concerned about competition from Dutch’s son, Fornari said.

“I can understand (that) a little bit,” he said.

But the sale of Dutch’s didn’t include a non-compete agreement, said Fornari’s wife, Kim.

And, although Fornari worked for Dutch’s starting at a young age, he hasn’t worked for the company for 3.5 years, due to a family dispute, Jimmy and Kim said.

Moreover, the sale of Dutch’s put the kibosh on Fornari’s previous own presumption that he would be able to inherit the business, Fornari said.

His complaint about Burgmeier’s refusal to let him offload isn’t based on principle — just practicality, according to Fornari.

There are times when the firm, whose only employees are Fornari and his wife, needs that two extra hours to offload its single full truck to finish the day’s route, they said.

“(Still), I don’t want to have bad blood,” Fornari said.

The dispute between Fornari and Burgmeier’s is a civil matter, according to Bryan.

Fornari and his wife might want to consult a lawyer, Bryan said.

“(Otherwise), I don’t know what we can do to help,” Bryan said.

The Mirror left a message at Burgmeier’s Hauling for Dave Burgmeier Tuesday, but didn’t hear back.

Mirror Staff Writer William Kibler is at 814-949-7038.