Weber County approves lease with Waste Management to keep transfer station operating after drop in commercial volume

Weber County announced a lease agreement with Waste Management to operate the county transfer station after staff reported a substantial drop in commercial waste deliveries over the past year.

Shawn Wilkinson, who handles community services for Weber County, said the county “lost about half of the commercial waste that was coming into our facility” over the last year, driven in part by a new transfer station in Ogden City that was purchased by Republic Services and by purchases of local hauling companies. To keep county transfer-station services available and to preserve marketplace competition, the commission approved a lease for Waste Management to operate the facility, the recap stated.

County presenters said the arrangement keeps the transfer station open and gives cities and residents more options about where to send waste, and they described the lease as a way to preserve service into the “foreseeable future.” The recording did not include the lease’s financial terms, the length of the agreement, or a recorded vote tally on the lease.

Speakers framed the move as preserving service and introducing competition so no single company can unilaterally raise prices; details such as the county’s contract manager, oversight provisions, and exact operational responsibilities under the lease were not specified in the recorded recap.

The commission’s recap therefore records the approval of a lease to keep the transfer station operating but leaves open specific contractual and fiscal details pending publication of contract documents or future meeting minutes.