Come the first week of June, Oxford Village residents will notice new garbage trucks rolling through their neighborhoods.

Last week, council voted 4-0 to approve the “reassignment” of the remainder of a five-year, residential trash services contract from the Arizona-based Republic Services to GFL Environmental, Inc., a company headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Scott Cabauatan, Republic’s municipal services manager for southeast Michigan, explained his company made a “business decision” to “divest” itself of the residential contracts currently being handled by its Pontiac facility.

“This impacts about five communities, including the Village of Oxford,” he told council.

The village has been contracting with Republic Services since 2015 when it switched from the Sterling Heights-based Rizzo Environmental Services.

“This is not Republic backing out of a contract. We actually are selling the contract,” Cabauatan explained.

Republic Services and GFL “entered into a definitive purchase agreement effective . . . April 30, 2017” and they “intend to close the transaction on June 5, 2017,” according to a May 8 letter Cabauatan wrote to the village.

Once the sale is complete, GFL will take over the weekly curbside collection of trash, recyclables and yard waste generated by village households. The first pickup will be June 8. Thursday will remain the weekly collection day. Everything must be at the curb by 7 a.m.

The rate for this service will remain the same as only the waste hauler, not the contract, is changing.

Village households will continue paying $10.19 per month for rubbish collection. The contract started at $9.89 per month in 2015 and the rate increases annually by 3 percent. The contract expires in 2020.

Village attorney Bob Davis has researched GFL Environmental for other communities and the company offers “great service,” in his opinion.

Cabauatan told council Republic Services will continue handling its commercial and industrial collection contracts, which include the dumpsters in downtown Oxford. “We are going to keep that work,” he said.