COUNCIL DELAYS TRASH CONTRACT VOTE.Byline: Heather MacDonald Staff Writer The City Council voted Monday to postpone post·pone tr.v. post·poned, post·pon·ing, post·pones 1. To delay until a future time; put off. See Synonyms at defer1. 2. To place after in importance; subordinate. making a decision on a new contract for the city's trash hauling business. The council members also agreed to terminate the contract with Santa Clarita/Blue Barrel Disposal, owned by Waste Management Inc., and Atlas Disposal Co., owned by Republic Services, the city's current trash haulers. Four council members voiced support for the two firms, but Councilman Bob Kellar said he needed more time to make sure the city was getting the best deal. An 11-month negotiation process over the contract was interrupted in·ter·rupt v. in·ter·rupt·ed, in·ter·rupt·ing, in·ter·rupts v.tr. 1. To break the continuity or uniformity of: Rain interrupted our baseball game. 2. by a last-minute offer from the owner of the Sunshine Canyon Landfill, seeking an exclusive pact to haul Santa Clarita's trash there. Last April, the City Council began renegotiating the $15 million trash contract with Blue Barrel, hoping to improve recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. and trash hauling services while maintaining or lowering prices without a lengthy bidding process. In the deal negotiated with city staff, Blue Barrel's and Atlas' 10-year offer includes a four-year rate freeze and a plan to recycle re·cy·cle tr.v. re·cy·cled, re·cy·cling, re·cy·cles 1. To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment. 2. To start a different cycle in. 3. a. at least 75 percent of Santa Clarita's trash. It would allow small companies to set up trash bins at construction sites and special events under a competitive nonexclusive franchise. However, the late offer from Browning Ferris Industries to give the city Elsmere Canyon, and a 20 percent rate reduction, in return for the city's exclusive trash hauling franchise threw the process into disarray dis·ar·ray n. 1. A state of disorder; confusion. 2. Disorderly dress. tr.v. dis·ar·rayed, dis·ar·ray·ing, dis·ar·rays 1. To throw into confusion; upset. 2. To undress. . BFI BFI - brute force and ignorance promised to lower rates from $22.13 to $18.60 a month; offer a 12 percent discount for senior citizens and create a diaper and green waste recycling center at Sunshine. If city officials had wanted to consider BFI's proposal, they would have been required to open the contracts up for bids. A dozen residents of Granada Hills implored the City Council on Monday night not to send Santa Clarita's trash to the Sunshine Canyon Landfill. ``I always thought Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, was a bright, shining star, not like L.A. You've always done things right. Don't stop now,'' said Mary Edwards, a member of the North Valley Coalition, which is fighting the planned expansion of Sunshine Canyon. |
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