A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
Commissioner's Court held a budget workshop on Monday in which two major items were on the agenda, the first being the line item which is calling for the consideration and possible approval of an order awarding the sale of and establishing the rates of interest for obligations designated as "Maverick County, Texas Tax Notes, Series 2013" and resolving other matters incident and related to the sale of the notes.
What this entails is this will be a session in which the accountants who are dealing with the issue of the needing to open Cell 2 of the Maverick County Solid Waste Authority Landfill will be making their recommendations as to the entities which may be willing to provide the financial backing on said project.
The landfill is nearing capacity on the first cell which was projected to last six years in 2010, the year the facility opened. Now, just three years later, the cel is quickly reaching its full capacity due to the fact that the facility is taking in double the amount of waste tonnage than originally anticipated according to Landfill Manager Mike Castillo.
"We are taking in close to 200 tons a day which is double what was initially projected, at this rate it is no surprise Cell 1 is reaching capacity this early."
The main clients for the Solid Waste Authority are the City of Eagle Pass, companies from the Eagle Ford Shale Project, the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino among others. Two other potential clients include the City of Laredo and Carrizo Springs as the landfill continues to prepare Cell 2 to be ready to function as Cell 1 reaches capacity.
Another item of note on the agenda is the projected change to what is called the unit system as well as to give reports to the three new commissioners on how to most effectively monitor their budgets as funds continue to dwindle.
The unit system, which never went over well with the former Commissioner's Court, will be revisited in order to handle multiple projects and avoid any stagnant workers as well as to be able to think ahead to expedite the workload of the Road & Bridge Department.