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Commissioners weigh bids and outsourcing for landfill truck; no purchase decision
Summary
Brooks County Commissioners reviewed three bids (Waste Connections, Reliant Company, Rush) for a trash/waste truck, discussed shifting to a one-person operation, and compared buying trucks and bins (bins estimated at $20,800) versus outsourcing; no action was taken.
Brooks County commissioners discussed procurement options for the county landfill March 19, reviewing three bids from Waste Connections, Reliant Company and Rush. The conversation covered staffing changes (moving from a three-person crew to a one-person operation), capital costs for bins (estimated at about $20,800), and whether to outsource collection or buy a county truck and bins. The minutes record that "the best option is to go with Waste Connections" as presented in the discussion, but commissioners made no formal decision at the meeting.
County staff also reported infrastructure requests from Waste Connections if the county uses that vendor: a concrete slab measuring 24 by 18 feet and access to a 220-volt electrical plug. Commissioners discussed financial trade-offs — ending county subsidies from the General Fund against lease and maintenance costs — but deferred formal action to a future meeting pending further pricing and procurement analysis.
