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WashCo looks to collect garbage fees from local companies At the regular monthly meeting of the Washington County Solid Waste Authority, (WCSWA) Chairman Allen Bailey reported a balance of $98,561.19, but reminded the board that a payment is due soon to Allied Waste. The authority reported 21 new residential accounts and 2 new businesses, but closed out 40 accounts due to death or relocation. Jim McNaughton, the county's solid waste consultant, reported that the Alabama Tombigbee Regional Commission has agreed with the Turkey Trot Landfill proposal. The contract for garbage collection expires at the end of the year, and WCSWA will advertise for bids for a new contract, with advertisement to begin June 21. At the regular July 9 WCSWA meeting, those interested in the contract can present or answer questions. All questions will be answered by Aug. 3 and bids for the garbage collection contract will be opened on Aug. 13th at the 1 p.m. meeting. There was some discussion about several of the large industries in the county having national contracts with Allied Waste. A national contract means that though Allied Waste is collecting garbage from industries like Ciba and Olin, these industries pay no fee to WCSWA. Chairman Bailey said he had been down several times to discuss this with management and they always told him that they had national contracts which they must honor. After several minutes of discussion, the board decided to have McNaughton compose an ordinance for the county commission, which will require 100 percent participation from all non-exempt county residents and businesses. The contract will require the large industries which have national contracts to sign on with WCSWA when their present contract expires. It was emphasized that the county was losing the revenue of industrial garbage collection fees and would also lose the tonnage at Turkey Trot Landfill when it is up and running. David Kelly, environmental officer, asked the board to come up with a workable policy about seasonal homes and hunting camps. He suggested using power bills to verify how much a person lives in one of these second dwellings and perhaps assess a flat fee.
The next meeting of WCSWA will be July 9.
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