Despite campaign promises from both Fred Messerle and Bob Main to allow contractors to bid on repairing the facility a demolition contract is expected to be awarded next week. Solid waste management staff have refused to allow...
Read MoreWhile it is no surprise that I do not support Fred Messerle, or the anti-government forces backing him, in their mutual quest to privatize Coos County services, I would have to say that Messerle is by far the most well mannered...
Read MoreAn Out of the Box Idea for Our Solid Waste Problem By Mark McKelvey The best solutions to perplexing problems are often found “outside of the box.” To solve the problems at the Beaver Hill Solid Waste Disposal Facility that is...
Read MoreMain and Messerle agreed to allow Koontz Machine shop or any other local shop to go out to the site, take a tour and submit a bid proposal to repair the facility.
Read MoreThe board mocked the idea of local machine shops bidding to repair components and it must be noted that several local businesses will suffer if the county successfully converts the site to a transfer station causing additional job loss in the private sector. This action may benefit Waste Connections but will be a net job loss to the county.
Read MoreIt is unfortunate that the county chooses to give one company preferential treatment by not enforcing an agreement while damaging other companies by not properly maintaining a public asset.
Read MoreLet’s assume the Brady report is accurate and that URS and its subcontractors ACS Incorporated and Bell & Associates were risking life and limb during their inspections in 2009 why haven’t the staff complained about unsafe work conditions as well?
Read MoreBy Larry Van Elsberg, former Coos County Roadmaster Dear Commissioner Perry, As a citizen of Coos County, I feel an obligation to try and stay informed on matters that affect our way of life here in our great county. I realize...
Read MoreFrom fiscal year 2009 through 2011 the site has been shorted 8,351 tons at $79 per ton or $659,774 which doesn’t even include the current fiscal year. The site lost $421,849 in waste disposal revenue last year alone, apparently all due to Waste Connections.
Read MoreSo which is true? Parry says they have spent a year looking into the county’s legal position. He has called enforcement “punitive” and not positive. Counselor White says “the board made a decision not to” enforce the order. Who is telling the truth? What is really in the letter to Waste Connections?
Read MoreFor more than 17 years the Solid Waste facility has been self funding, and while a budget is submitted every year, NO general fund monies have been needed to support the operation or it employees, that is until this layoff. For the first time since the facility was upgraded the county general fund will be responsible for covering the unemployment wages of the laid off workers.
Read MoreOn a separate note and speaking of disingenuous, Randy Sanne and I were speaking on the street corner yesterday afternoon when Parry happened by on his way to his car. Parry lit up like sunbeam, flashing a giant “jim Carrey, is everybody happy!” smile and stretched out and shook Sanne’s hand> “Hey, you look great! Campaigning is good for you!” he gushed before striding across the street. All the while he knew but gave no hint that Sanne and three others had just been laid off without notice. Sure it may be the proper place to let management tell everyone but I found that whole scene totally, as in finding bunnies boiling in your cook pot, creepy.
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