Garbage was high on the agenda of the Clarendon City Council when it met in regular session last Thursday.
With some residents continuing to report Dumpsters not being picked up, the council met in closed session with the city attorney for about 25 minutes to review the city’s franchise agreement with Waste Connections for the collection, hauling, and disposal of solid waste.
After the council returned to open session, aldermen approved a motion to retain the Underwood Law Firm and direct them to send a demand letter to Waste Connections.
City officials also heard a presentation from G&H Waste and Recycle Contracting. Clayton Vickers said his company is not in the garbage collection business but instead provides management solutions for trash service. G&H would be a middleman between the city and the current or any future solid waste company. G&H would handle solicitation of bids when the time comes next year, customer complaints once a company is on board, and review the billing between the city and the trash company. Customer billing would still go through the city.
The city council took no action on G&H’s proposal pending an opinion from the city attorney as to whether or not doing so would violate the current agreement with Waste Connections. The council also wants G&H to provide references.
In other city business, the council selected a proposal from Tascosa Office Machines for a new multipurpose printer for the Burton Memorial Library and also approved a motion to confirm AW Broadband for internet services after the company completed trial services.
The city’s fund investment policy was updated, and the city administrator and city secretary were again appointed as fund investment officers. Operating procedures were adopted for the city’s animal control department, and The Clarendon Enterprise was named the city’s newspaper of record for the coming fiscal year.
The city’s contract with the Donley Appraisal District for the assessment and collection of property taxes was approved for fiscal year 2025.
The council approved requests from the Chamber of Commerce to close the 100 block of S. Kearney on October 26 for Halloween activities and on November 2 for a Street Party sponsored by REFZ Sports Bar & Grill.
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