Council to discuss waste transfer facility

Published 2:52 pm Sunday, May 31, 2015

The Austin City Council is ready to talk infrastructure.

Council members will discuss its waste transfer station, the upcoming Fox Point development project, a potential sewer project for another part of town and more at its meeting Monday.

Waste Management, which has leased the city’s waste treatment plant for the past 15 years, has told the city it will no longer continue its lease as tonnage through the transfer station has decreased from 1,200 to 900 tons per month.

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Waste Management did resubmit a bid to lease the facility, but at a much lower rate. The city normally receives about $60,000 a year from the company, yet the bid amount was only for $6,000.

Council members will also discuss road solutions for the Fox Point development in northern Austin.