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Authority attorney asks trustees to delay vote on Green Environmental solid-waste contract over billing questions
Summary
Bristow Municipal Authority attorney Beth Anne Childs asked trustees to withhold approval of a proposed contract with Green Environmental Services, citing confusing billing, a disputed owed amount (not specified in the minutes), and contract-term and rate changes including a requested 8% annual increase and a seven-year extension.
Attorney Beth Anne Childs asked the Bristow Municipal Authority not to approve the presented contract with Green Environmental Services, LLC, saying she was still working through issues Green Environmental had raised and reconciling the amount the authority owes. Childs told trustees the way billing is structured is "confusing," that the company is seeking an 8% annual increase added to customer charges, and that the authority charges the company $2,500 for billing services. The minutes record that Green Environmental proposed adding seven years to the contract term, creating a 10-year agreement if approved; the minutes also state the amount Green Environmental says it is owed is blank in the record and that Ashley has proposed a different amount, so the owed sum is not specified in the minutes.
Trustees discussed the request for more time to resolve billing and contract-term issues. On the attorney's recommendation, the board did not vote to approve the contract at that meeting and instead moved to table the item to the Feb. 3, 2025 meeting so staff and counsel can reconcile the outstanding billing questions and contested amounts.
