Twenty years ago Waste Management (WM) won the contract to run the first Trail Ridge landfill. Last spring the John Peyton pushed City Council to waive the usual open bidding rules on large City contracts, and agree to pay WM approximately $750,000,000 of taxpayer funds to operate a second landfill for an estimated 35 years. Both the Mayor and WM claimed no better deal could ever be forthcoming.

Mayor John Peyton is at it again. His new Ordinance is identical to what was rejected last year. Competition for contract renewal isn’t promised until 2045 with his new proposal. What has changed? Nothing.

The City’s own rules require a contract of this size to be competitively bid. All we are asking is for the City to follow its own rules.

Urge the members of the finance committee to reject Ordinance 2010-217.

Here are the members of the finance committee.

Stephen Joost – Chair
(904) 630-1396
Joost@coj.net


Bill Bishop - Vice Chair
(904) 630-1392
WBishop@coj.net

John Crescimbeni
(904) 630-1381
JRC@coj.net


Johnny Gaffney
(904) 630-1384
Gaffney@coj.net


Ray Holt
(904) 630-1383
Holt@coj.net

E. Denise Lee
(904) 630-1385
EDLee@coj.net

Don Redman
(904) 630-1394
Redman@coj.net

Jack Webb
(904) 630-1388
Webb@coj.net


Clay Yarborough
(904) 630-1389
Clay@coj.net

Please take a few minutes our of your day to urge council to REJECT ORDINANE 2010-217.

Ask them to BID THE LANDFILL and NO MORE GAMES FROM PEYTON.

Thanks.