A.D. Ibarra

-Eagle Pass

County Commissioner Daniela Aleman made significant strides to insure that the second cell which needs to be completed at the Maverick County Solid Waste Authority to come yet closer to fruition as she and Maverick County Judge David Saucedo, and Landfill Board Chairman Rolando Jasso had a quality meeting on Friday at the judge's chambers.

In an effort to avoid any type of closure of the landfill should cell 2 not be in place by June, the estimated date of capacity for cell 1, then the city and the county would find themselves in dire straits without an option for trash pickup.

The project which at the onset was estimated to be at $3.3 million has now been determined to only cost $2.2 million with the aid of the landfill budget and its machinery and manpower.

Flores acted as the mediator for the financial aspect of the gathering and they three were in a teleconference with financial advisor Robert Rodriguez who has found an as of yet unnamed group willing to take the burden of the second cell project.

According to Flores, finding someone to help the county financially was not difficult as due to the payments which have been forwarded consistently for the landfill have been on time which has put the county in good financial standing.

"We want to make sure that it stays open because it generates much needed revenue for the county," stated Aleman.

The money that is generated by the landfill goes primarily for debt reduction for the county which still finds itself in need of working its way out of a multi-million dollar deficit.

"The proposal is in the negotiation phase, but everyone's on the same page and it's looking very positive," Aleman concluded.