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Board elects Romero chair, reaffirms Silva as vice chair; staff raise mattress and ticketing issues
Summary
The landfill board nominated and elected Council Member Romero as chair and confirmed Jason Silva as vice chair by roll call. Staff reported routine operations, recurring compactor problems and discussed mattress disposal options including a possible local shredder and ticketing upgrades to capture driver and truck details.
The Taos Regional Landfill board elected Council Member Romero to serve as board chair and confirmed Jason Silva as vice chair during the Feb. 1 meeting.
A nomination to elect Romero as chair was placed from the floor and seconded; the clerk conducted a roll call that resulted in unanimous approval. The board then nominated and confirmed Silva as vice chair by roll call.
In a staff report Director Vasquez described routine hauling, leachate pumping and continuing compactor breakdowns. Vasquez flagged mattresses as a recurring problem that damages compactor drive systems; he said other landfills charge per mattress (examples cited: $20) and some use shredders that extract metal for scrap.
Vasquez said a private vendor has offered to lease a shredder in Taos that could process mattresses and tires; staff said they will invite the vendor to present details, costs and projected operations to the board so members can consider whether to contract commercially or invest in in‑house equipment.
Board members also asked for more detailed transaction information from the new Paradigm CompuWay/WeighStation point‑of‑sale system. Kim Corner, GIS analyst, said the system can be configured to print driver and truck details on thermal tickets and to produce more detailed transaction reports; staff will work to implement requested fields.
The board took no formal procurement action on the mattress proposal or ticketing changes at this meeting; staff will return with vendor details, cost estimates and implementation options.
