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County reviews $173,000 bid to shred 50,000 tires; legal options and possible lien discussed
Summary
Staff presented a bid from Tire Reclaim to remove and shred about 50,000 tires (approximately 1,000 tons) for roughly $173,000; speakers discussed landfill tipping fees, a possible county lien if the owner refuses cleanup, and planned legal follow-up.
Bonneville County staff reported a contractor bid and options to address a long-standing tire pile on private property.
Speaker 4 said Tire Reclaim offered a bid to collect, mobile-shred and transport roughly 50,000 tires — an amount the meeting record describes as about 1,000 tons — for "about $173,000." Speaker 4 said the bid assumes a 30-day work window and would use a mobile shredder on site before hauling material to the county landfill.
Speakers discussed the cost allocation and landfill charges. Speaker 4 said part of the cost would be landfill tipping fees and referenced a landfill charge discussed with a staff member named Blair (discussed in the meeting as approximately $40,000). The county planned to take the bid to the property owner through code enforcement and to meet with legal staff to explore options, including whether the county could place a lien on the property if the owner would not fund cleanup.
"We were gonna, code enforcement was gonna take this bid out to him, and I believe we're gonna try to meet with code enforcement and then Tire Reclaim also and see what they wanted to do," Speaker 4 said.
Speaker 5 noted county trucks might also be used to haul material and that hauling would add to costs. Several speakers said winter presents favorable conditions for the shredding process and encouraged gathering more information and legal guidance before moving forward.
Next steps: staff will share the bid with code enforcement and consult the county attorney about legal options and the feasibility of liening the property; no procurement contract or formal vote was recorded in the transcript.
