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Craig Loeffler, left, formally joined the Imperial city council Monday after his election last month. He and incumbent Doug Gaswick took oaths of office Monday administered by Mayor Dwight Coleman.

Council agrees to county’s price on solid waste agency

If all details end up in agreement, city will become sole operator of solid waste agency

    After more than two and a half years of back and forth, it appears the city and county have come to an agreement to disband the agency that has served the solid waste disposal needs of both entities.
    At Monday’s meeting, the Imperial city council directed its attorney Josh Wendell to work with the county’s two attorneys to draft an agreement formalizing the county’s offer, dissolving the Southwest Nebraska Solid Waste Agency.
    Based on Monday’s discussion, the county would be transferred $300,000 from the agency’s assets after outstanding bills are settled. That would leave an estimated $50,000 in cash that would become the city’s asset, along with the land, building and other equipment at the site south of Imperial.
    In earlier discussions, the city preferred a transfer of $250,000 to the county.
    As settled earlier, all county residents, including Imperial

esidents, will pay the same fees at the transfer station.
    The county will also be able to purchase dirt for its needs at the market rate for roads use.
    When all the legal paperwork is done, the city will assume sole operation and responsibility for the solid waste operation that includes the transfer station, C & D site, tree pile and recycling center.
    The agreement will leave ownership of the bulldozer used at the transfer station with the county, while the city will assume ownership of the semi-truck and trailer used to haul solid waste to the licensed landfill near Ogallala.
    All other property and the land will transfer to city ownership.
    Another piece of business the city council approved Monday was naming its representatives to the  Solid Waste Agency Board.
    That was necessary so the solid waste agency bills paid since April 2018 can be ratified. The board will also formally need to act on the transfer of the operation and property to the city, said council member Doug Gaswick.
    The board hadn’t met since April 2018. While the county had reappointed its board members during the past year, the city had not.

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