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transfer station. ~ effectively
The contract also stipu- a $15 mil-
lates that the company will lion, sev-
haul no less than 25 tons of Rick
solid waste per truck. The
county will be charged $56
.per ton for trailer weights
under 26 tons, and $35 per
ton for trailer weights of
more than 26 tons.
"This gives us ... some
rate stability," Moore said.
"It's not going to drive an
increase in our rates. It
does give us stability, like I
said, and a level of comfort
that is consistent with how
we've been doing business
in the past."
However, some other
area garbage and recy-
cling companies expressed
frustration that the county
chose not to go out to bid
en-year
Frederickson c o n t r a c t
that has
not been
offered to bid," said David
Baker, executive director
of Wilson Recycling and
former solid waste manag-
er for Mason County.
Representatives of solid
waste companies expressed
interest in bidding for the
contract, but said they did
not have the opportunity.
"After taking comments,
there was no formal re-
quest for proposals (RFP)
or bids. They were allowed
to go into negotiations that
were not part of the bid
process or RFP process,"
said Eric Johnson, repre-
senting Waste Manage-
ment. "There was no for-
mal request so companies
represented here today did
not have the opportunity
to come forward with any-
thing that could address
any of the contractual is-
sues that you were ask-
ing your contractor to ad-
dress."
Rick Fredrickson, rep-
resenting Mason County
Garbage and Recycling,
also commented on the con-
tract and asked if the com-
mission was planning not
to privatize solid waste op-
erations in Mason County,
since it planned to vote on
a seven-year contract for
solid waste hauling.
Tim Sheldon said the
contract had nothing to
do with any discussion of
privatizing garbage collec-
tion in Mason County and
expressed his support of
the contract.
"I feel comfortable with
Deaths
Continued from page A-1
on March 26.
Christopher D. Thor-
son has been charged with
murder after authorities
say he killed his wife Van-
essa Thorson with a shot-
gun near Lake Cushman on
April 12.
On May 15, Terra Dit-
tmer was killed in a car
week. Sound economic times are
Byrd said this is the not improving. Those eco-
worst stretch of violence he nomic times are putting ad-
can remember in the county ditional stress on the popu-
since 2005. lation," he said.
According to the state'sThe increased crime rate
Uniform Crime Reports, is taking away resources in
Mason County experiencedlocal law enforcement nor-
six murders in 2005. mally used to investigate
However, from 2006 untilday-to-day crimes like theft
March 2012, Mason Countyand illegal drugs, Byrd said.
reported only two murders. "It's taking a lot of our fi-
Friday morning's mur- nancial resources," he said.
der/suicide brings the count Last month, the Ma-
crash. The driver, Dylan to sixdeathsruledhomicide, son County Sheriffs Of-
Burke, was later charged between March 26 and June rice renewed an agreement
with vehicular homicide and 1 -- less than three months, with sheriffs offices in four
pled not guilty. • Byrd attributed the rise neighboring counties to de-
Then on Memorial Day, in violence region-wide to fine mutual aid agreements.
Charles Sydney Longshore the continuing recession. "We're solidifying our
allegedly murdered Tyler "We're seeing across thepartnerships with our sur-
"Red" Drake and Anitrea state and even farther that rounding law enforcement
"Roxy" Taber. He was dr- there's an increase in vio- agencies ... it allows us to
rested Friday after elud- lence, there's an increase in bring more resources to bear
ing authorities for nearly a homicides. Overall in Puget on these particular shoot-
ings so they can be resolved
quickly, thoroughly and effi-
ciently," he said. "It's a give
moving ahead today," he
said. "Some deals are ne-
gotiated and they are very
good deals. Having a long-
term contract I think is in
the best interest of the citi-
zens of Mason County."
Some citizens at Tues-
day morning's meeting also
expressed concern that
the contract had not been
reviewed by the county's
Solid Waste Advisory Com-
mittee, which has not met
in more than a year.
Moore suggested that
having the committee re-
view the contract might
help allay concerns of the
public and of competing
solid waste companies.
"If it's not going tobe ap-
proved today that would be
the appropriate next step,"
he said.
Brian Matthews, interim
public works director, sug-
gested the commission go
out to bid on the contract
during Tuesday's meeting.
"The better bid may be
better for the county," he
said. "It's a consideration
--something that's fair for
everybody. It gives every-
body a chance to drive the
cost down, we don't know
unless we see those bids."
However, the commis-
sion decided to take action
on the contract during the
meeting on Tuesday.
Commissioners Sheldon
and Steve Bloomfield voted
to approve the contract.
Bloomfield originally
proposed extending the
comment period on the con-
tract by two weeks, but vot-
ed to approve the contract
without the extension.
Commissioner Lynda
Ring Erickson abstained,
citing her candidacy for po-
sition 2 in the Legislative
District 35, and potential
conflict of interest.
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