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Council delays decision on rebuilding recycling center, asks for private partnership briefing and insurer clarification
Summary
Following public comment from a local recycling business owner, council voted to table the award of a rebuild contract for the damaged municipal recycling center and requested a presentation from the private company Reuse plus written guidance from TML on allowable use of insurance proceeds.
The City of Eagle Pass on Oct. 14 tabled action on the design‑and‑build contract for a city recycling collection center and asked staff to return with details about a possible public‑private partnership and written insurer guidance.
During the public‑comment period, Andrea Barrera — who identified herself as owner of Reuse, a local recycling scrapyard — urged council to consider collaboration with private recyclers instead of rebuilding a city‑run facility. Barrera said the city's insurance proceeds for the destroyed facility could be applied to other infrastructure needs and that local private operators could provide recycling services without a government…
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