Broadwater County Awards Solid Waste Contract To Lewis And Clark County
 | Author:
Linda Kent, MT43 News Staff Reporter
MT43 News Correspondent |
Broadwater County Awards Solid Waste Contract to Lewis and Clark County
Linda Kent
MT43 News Staff Reporter
Broadwater County Commissioners awarded Lewis and Clark County a 3.5-year contract for receiving the county’s solid waste during their regular Dec. 18 meeting.
The county, which currently pays a flat $29 tipping fee per ton of solid waste, received two bids for the contract. Tri-County Disposal, which held the county contract through the end of the year offered a flat $30.74 per ton. Lewis and Clark County’s bid was $24 per ton for household waste and $21 for construction debris.
County Public Works Director TJ Graveley said the county’s solid waste board, after reviewing both bids, recommended accepting the bid from Lewis and Clark County.
“In the best case, we’ll save $95,000 over the life of the contract,” Graveley said. That includes an additional estimated fuel cost of $2,700 per year for delivering the county’s solid waste to the Lewis and Clark solid waste site.
Jenny Clark, speaking on behalf of Lewis and Clark County Solid Waste, told the board that the fee could vary, based on annual budgeting, but that their 10-year average tipping fee was $29 per ton.
Graveley and outgoing commission chair Darrel Folkvord noted that the new contract might provide some reduction in solid waste assessment for Broadwater County taxpayers.
