County seeks Parametrix environmental services and formalizes debt funding for transfer station
Summary
Public Works and Facilities staff requested a five-year environmental services agreement with Parametrix for the Ryegrass solid waste facility and presented a resolution to use Rate 1 revenues toward debt service for a new transfer station loan.
Patty Stacy, director of Facilities and Waste Operations, told the commissioners the county seeks to enter a five-year agreement with Parametrix for environmental services at the Ryegrass solid waste facility. Stacy described the item as a standard procurement to cover environmental work related to operations at the facility; the transcript records the request but does not show a completed vote or execution of the contract during the excerpt provided.
Separately, the board considered a resolution authorizing the use of "Rate 1" revenues toward debt service on a loan for construction of a new transfer station facility. The auditor's office described the item as formalizing prior study-session decisions and confirming the portion of Rate 1 revenues the county plans to use for one transfer station loan.
Why it matters: environmental consulting agreements govern compliance tasks such as permitting, monitoring, and remedial design; securing a services provider affects how the county manages environmental risk at its waste facility. Using Rate 1 revenues for debt service ties user-rate income to capital financing for solid-waste infrastructure.
Meeting record: both items were presented during the consent agenda; the transcript records the requests and a brief explanation but does not include a recorded vote or full resolution text in the excerpt provided. The record does not specify contract value for Parametrix, exact debt amounts, or the full Rate 1 revenue allocation schedule.
