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Lamar County reviews waste-collection bids, approves small equipment purchases and personnel moves
Summary
The commission opened bids for residential pickup (Waste Management bid $18.95 per customer) and voted to let staff and the engineer review bids; it also approved $8,055.05 in excavator track pads, $379.95 vehicle steps, a part-time co-op hire and two personnel transfers, all by voice vote.
At its Aug. 11, 2025 meeting, the Lamar County Commission opened bids for residential waste pickup and recycling and moved to give the county administrator, engineer, and commissioners time to review the proposals before awarding a contract. The bid package included Waste Management at $18.95 per customer (discussed as a per-quarter figure) and a recycling/roll-off bid of $89.55 per quarter; commissioners circulated bid details for review.
A motion to allow the administrator and engineer to review the bids carried by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript. Commissioners discussed the need to check existing contracts and to compare variables that affect the per-customer price.
On procurement matters, the commission approved several countywide purchases by voice vote: excavator track pads for $8,055.05 to protect roads from steel tracks, and replacement steps for a county Chevy 3500 at $379.95. The transcript records a commissioner noting the excavator pads "should keep our roads from being tore up for those steel tracks." These purchases were presented as routine equipment maintenance and protection for county roads.
Personnel actions approved included hiring Andrew Mordecai as a part-time co-op student in District 4 starting Aug. 11, 2025, at $8 per hour (3–4 hours a day), and moving Christie Bridal from payroll clerk/administrative assistant to accounts payable clerk at $13.29 per hour and transferring 'Britney' from accounts payable clerk to payroll clerk/administrative assistant at $13.62 per hour, both effective Aug. 11, 2025. Commissioners said legal checks confirmed the student hire was allowable because the worker is 18.
What happens next: staff and the county engineer will review the waste-collection bids and return with recommendations; procurement for approved purchases will proceed. The transcript records motions, seconds and voice approvals but not individual vote tallies.
