Todd Stamper out as head of Priority Waste waste hauling firm

The Clinton Township Board of Trustees was scheduled to vote Monday night on a price improve known as for within the township’s waste-hauling contract with Precedence Waste, however withdrew the merchandise attributable to a shakeup within the firm’s management.

Todd Stamper, founder and CEO of Precedence Waste on Corridor Highway (M-59) close to Romeo Plank Highway, was fired by the corporate’s board of administrators on Saturday and changed by a high-ranking Precedence official, the corporate mentioned earlier Monday. The measure had a direct impact, a spokesperson mentioned in an announcement.

Precedence’s board “decided that it’s in the perfect pursuits of the corporate and its stakeholders to half methods with Todd Stamper,” the assertion mentioned.

Whereas the assertion didn’t present a cause for Stamper’s elimination, Crain’s Detroit Enterprise reported that it had acquired an inside announcement saying the board was appearing “after an investigation.” The corporate spokesperson mentioned they might not remark additional than what was shared, however added that Crain’s report was correct.

Clinton Township Supervisor Paul Gieleghem mentioned the choice was made to take away the corporate’s price improve from the board agenda.

“After we heard the information (Monday), we eliminated the merchandise from our agenda,” Gieleghem mentioned after Monday’s board assembly. “Precedence Waste is a municipal provider and that brings the next degree of transparency. We wish to see some stability there.”

As of Monday, Vincent Hoyumpa is now interim CEO. For the previous seven years, he has held the positions of chief of employees and normal counsel on the firm.

Precedence Waste’s board is “assured that he’s the best individual to take over the day-to-day administration of the enterprise. He is aware of the enterprise nicely and is supported by a deep pool of expertise and robust monetary establishments who’re targeted on making certain this can be a easy transition for Precedence Waste’s workers, prospects and companions.”

“He is aware of the corporate nicely and is supported by a deep pool of expertise and robust monetary establishments who’re targeted on making certain this can be a easy transition for Precedence Waste workers, prospects and companions,” Precedence Waste mentioned in an announcement to the Macomb Every day.

Stamper, who grew up in Warren and based the corporate in 2018, had waste elimination contracts in a whole lot of Michigan communities, together with most of Macomb County. It additionally has contracts in Ohio and Indiana.

Precedence Waste offers waste companies to roughly 700,000 residents in dozens of communities in Genesee, Livingston, Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties. In response to the corporate, that is roughly 80-85% of the housing payments within the tri-border space.

The Clinton Township-based firm’s flashy know-how in utilizing cameras to watch the effectivity of its rubbish haulers rapidly introduced them to the eye of native media.

Throughout his tenure as CEO, Stamper confronted quite a few complaints from elected officers and space householders in 2024-2025 about trash assortment delays, rubbish truck numbers, staffing ranges and communication points. Stamper and his workforce urged persistence and mentioned the rubbish firm had ordered new rubbish vans, together with different enhancements.

The corporate has managed to cut back complaints by buying new rubbish vans and different applied sciences.

Clinton Township, the state’s largest township, took a proactive position when the township fined Precedence Waste $1.2 million over unresolved home-owner complaints about prolonged waste assortment delays.

Feedback from leaders with municipal contracts for Precedence Waste companies had been stunned by Stamper’s departure.

“I assumed it was Todd Stamper’s firm,” Gieleghem mentioned. “I understand you’ll have traders and personal fairness companies, however from the start I’ve maintained that his firm has grown too quick and too large. He has bitten off greater than he might chew.”

Gieleghem added that he was happy to learn of the management change on Monday morning.

“They knowledgeable us shortly after it truly occurred, so I see that as a constructive signal for his or her communication,” he mentioned.

Clinton Township officers mentioned there are nonetheless a lot of issues that should be addressed by Precedence Waste, most notably the necessity for extra recycling carts and assurances that the corporate can have enough employees when composting season arrives within the spring.

Precedence Waste turned a well known participant within the province’s stable waste circles in 2024 when the corporate bought suburban Toronto-based GFL Environmental Inc.’s family waste assortment enterprise. Later that yr, the corporate additionally turned the Detroit Purple Wings’ first jersey patch accomplice and sponsored free fares on Detroit’s Folks Mover.

In 2025, Stamper was named one among 11 winners of the Ernst & Younger LLP Entrepreneur Of The Yr Michigan and Northwest Ohio competitors.