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Riverview council extends Tetra Tech landfill engineering contract, approves 2.9% rate increase
Summary
The Riverview City Council approved a 12-month extension of its environmental engineering memorandum with Tetra Tech with a 2.9% fee increase for fiscal year 2025–26; council members pressed staff for cost detail during debate.
The Riverview City Council voted 5-2 on July 21 to extend a memorandum of understanding with Tetra Tech for environmental engineering services at the city landfill for an additional 12 months and to approve a 2.9% fee increase for fiscal year 2025–26.
The contract extension was approved after a motion by Councilmember Ganaga, seconded by Councilmember Workman. The roll call showed five votes in favor (Ganaga, Workman, O'Neil, Robins, Mayor Swift) and two against (Webb, Pray).
The extension matters because Tetra Tech provides on-site environmental engineering, including water testing, leachate monitoring, O&M for gas wells, and pump maintenance that the city said are necessary to keep the landfill in regulatory compliance. City staff told council the contract had been due by June 30 and that the increase would add roughly $33,000 to the current budget line.
Councilmember Webb pressed staff for more detail before the vote, saying the study-session conversation the previous week “was not fully developed” and asking how many hours were planned and how much the increase would cost the city. Jeff (city staff) answered that the budget book lists the landfill-related line on the order of about "$1,110,000.00–1,380,000" and that the 2.9% increase equals about $33,000. He also said the budget contains a $300,000 placeholder for design of a wastewater treatment plant tied to the landfill.
Mayor Swift and staff emphasized the operational risk of delaying approval. As Mayor Swift put it during the meeting, delaying again could leave the city “without a landfill environmental engineer.” Staff also said the rates are largely inflationary and that while negotiations are possible, Tetra Tech is currently performing required permit filings and studies.
The council did not adopt additional conditions tying the extension to a specific hours estimate; staff said line-item detail is available in the budget and can be flagged for council review. The contract extension takes effect immediately and adds the approved percentage increase to Tetra Tech’s bill rate for the coming fiscal year.
Councilmembers and staff noted the city is undertaking broader, long-term landfill planning, including closure and a water-treatment design, but no additional formal directives were recorded at the meeting.
