This Agreement for Landfill Disposal and Waste Transfer Station Operation Services (Agreement) with Waste Corporation of Texas, L.P. by WCA Texas Management General, Inc., its sole General Partner, (Contractor) is one of several disposal contracts with comparable rates that the Department o Solid Waste Management (Department) maintains in order to have disposal facilities in as many sectors of the city as possible for operational efficiency and reduced expense due to shorter travel distances. This updated Agreement will increase operational efficiencies and cost savings by using the following disposal sites: WCA Greenbelt, WCA-Ruffino Hills Transfer Station, WCA-Ralston Road Landfill and WCA-Hardy Road Landfill. Most Benefiting sectors of the Department's operations are Southwest Houston, North Central Houston and northeast Houston. Costs related to fleet operations and personnel will benefit from the newly added disposal sites as follows: reduced travel time to/from collection areas, lower fuel expense, reduction in payroll overtime and improved route completion.
There will be a subsequent net reduction in spending authority on the Republic Waste Services Contract as a result of improving the management of disposed tons with the contract. Due to increased traffic challenges created by housing/population growth, the department continues to leverage geographically advantageous disposal assets to effectively deliver solid waste services.
The history of this contract follow: Four (4) multi-year contracts, C28582, C28583, C28584 and C28585, with Waste Management, Inc. for the disposal of non-putrescible solid waste at their Hardy Toad, Tanner Road, Indian Paint Brush, Green Shadow and Fairbanks landfills were approved September 1, 1988, by Ordinance No. 88-1947. Amendment C31474, approved May 29, 1991 by Ordinance 91-770 combined these contracts and allowed for disposal at any Waste Management, Inc. landfill. Ordinance 99-645 passed June 23, 1991, approved second contract amendment to C31474 which adjusted the contract term, disposal rates and contractor's responsibilities. In FY2001, Waste Management, Inc., sold several of their Type IV landfills (Ralston, Hardy, SLOTI and Greenbelt) to Waste Corporation of Texas, Inc. as C31474B became effective October 3, 2001.