CITY COUNCIL HEARS CURBSIDE RECYCLING PROPOSAL

  
Matt DuPont

 

Curbside recycling in Brenham was discussed at todays (Thursdays) City Council meeting.  Matt DuPont is proposing offering curbside recycling to city residents utilizing plastic bins.  He and his kids are currently picking up bins at about two dozen homes and sorting it on their trailer as they go.  He is proposing offering the service to everyone inside the city.  Currently he is charging $12 per month for weekly pickup.  All of the recycling is then taken to the city recycling center.  He stated that is just a small startup company:

 

Also speaking at the workshop session were Mike and Blake Brannon, owners of Premier Metal Buyers in Brenham.  They stated the Premier had just purchased Brazos Valley Recycling and that they also would like to explore options for servicing Brenham residents.  Brazos Valley Recycling currently serves Bryan and College Station.  In College Station, recycling is mandatory and each resident pays $3.18 for pickups twice a month. (The City of College Station has contacted KWHI to say this information is incorrect, contrary to what was stated during the city council meeting. Heather Woolwine, Recycling & Environmental Compliance Manager for College Station stated that recycling is still voluntary there, and the monthly recycling cost is part of every households $14.40 solid waste collection fee.)  In Bryan, where recycling is optional, residents pay $5 or $10 per month depending on the participation on their street.  The service provides 96 gallon bins and the recycling is sorted manually at a central facility.  Blake Brannon explained one way that recycling benefits the city:

 

Public Works Director Dane Rau stated that the council could award a non-exclusive franchise for the service and that both the city charter and the code of ordinances would have to be amended.   This was just a workshop session to gather information, so no action was taken.

Councilmembers did approve applying to the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.  The program is managed by the Texas Division of Emergency Management and disperses federal money for projects designed to limit damage from flooding.  City Engineer Lori Lakatos said that her office is finalizing the number of projects related to the May 2016 flooding that the city will seek grants for.

In the only other action taken by commissioners, they approved a purchase and extended a contract for water treatment chemicals used by the water department.

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  1. what’s the city going to do with the Federal tax dollars for hazard mitigation? So far they’re just dumping dirt and rocks into the holes how much does that cost? And why hasnt something bedn done to stabilize the hole under Barbee st? One cement truck or garbage truck goes to close to the edge of the street and thats one unhappy driver if he lives

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