New trailer approved for transfer station

The Regional Board of Mayors will purchase its new transfer trailer next year through BuyBoard, a national purchasing cooperative, officials stated Nov. 13.

The 2018 budget, that has been approved by all four towns and cities in consortium headed by the RBOM, had set aside $90,000 for the purchase of the new transfer trailer, making the trailer the third at the transfer site.

Electric City Clerk Russell Powers, who does the financial reports for the four mayors, said Monday afternoon that the difference between the $90,000 budget projection and the $90,414 cost can easily be handled through the original budget.

The BuyBoard group informed the RBOM group that the new trailer specifications will include a “walking floor” self-unloading upgrade.

Managing the disposal of materials dumped at the site has been a problem during busy times with only one two trailers.

The RBOM group includes mayors from Electric City, Grand Coulee, Coulee Dam and Elmer City.

In other action Monday, the mayors ruled favorably on a request by manager Randy Gumm that a penalty fee be charged to people or firms bringing unauthorized material to the transfer station. The charge would be $150.

Unauthorized material includes anything over six feet long, paint, liquid waste, car or truck batteries, appliances, chemicals, anything labeled “poisonous,” gas cylinders, asbestos, tires, material that has been burned, and concrete blocks.

The mayors agreed to the new charges.