Cell II to open at Maverick County Solid Waste Authority

A.D. Ibarra

-MCSWA

At the meeting of the Maverick County Solid Waste Authority, Manager Mike Castillo informed the Board of Directors of the fact that Cell II of the landfill is in the final stages of preparation and all seems to indicate that it is ready to be put to use.  They are extracting water which has accumulated in Cell II because of rain at this time.

Board Member Bennie Rodriguez expressed his concern that all expenditures should have already been taken care of.

"I just want to make sure that everything we had approved for Cell II has been carried out and that there will not be anything pending before we begin using it," stated Rodriguez before Castillo and one of his assistants clarified that all was indeed taken care of as of right now.

"When you start using Cell II how are they trucks going to come in? Are they going to be using the same routes," queried Roberto Mireles.

"It will actually be a lot closer now," answered Castillo, "Before we had to go around because we were building Cell II, now as you come off the scale, we've already paved the new road and they can go straight in."

The board was given a listing of tipping fees as well as a list of expenditures to which the members acquiesced that they approve of these figures which they were unanimously approved.

The meeting moved into executive session after this.