County public-works staff presented multiple bids for replacement landfill trucks, reported a signed agreement to start a perimeter berm, and updated the commission on long-term landfill expansion planning.

Jesse Walton, public works administrator, presented commercial truck bids for landfill service. A Nextran Truck Centers quote listed a 2027 Mack Granite package at $220,715 per truck. Premier Truck Group submitted a proposal for two 2026 Freightliners totaling $243,472.80; bodies for the trucks were priced separately at $141,060 in the materials presented. Walton said the majority of the truck purchase would come from ARPA funds, with the landfill equipment reserve available for any additional required expenditures. Commissioners asked Walton to return next week with final recommendations and formal purchase requests.

On site construction, Walton said the county had an executed agreement with Nail Excavation for a perimeter berm at the landfill. The contract price was $66,022 and Nail Excavation’s tentative start date was Nov. 3. Walton said the contractor agreed not to exceed the bid price and would assume liability for work on the berm. He said the berm work would “buy a little bit more time” as the county continued planning the landfill vertical expansion.

Walton told the commission the county was in discussion with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about using an adjacent strip pit for future vertical expansion. Corps review will determine whether the site can be used and what channels and groundwater impacts must be managed; Walton said the results were “looking really good” but no final decision or timeline had been provided. Walton and staff said, based on prior discussions with landfill manager Tony (last name not stated), vertical expansion is expected to buy roughly five years of additional capacity, depending on demolition volumes and incoming loads.

Commissioners and staff discussed operational details, including locating borrow-pit sources on county land (to avoid purchasing fill), notification for road closures during nearby culvert replacements, and KDHE instructions for disposing of asbestos shingles at the county landfill.

Ending: Staff will return with formal truck-purchase recommendations and continue coordination with the Corps of Engineers, contractor Nail Excavation and landfill manager Tony on berm and expansion planning.