Waste Industries to mayor: Tour our landfills

Waste Industries CEO Ven Poole challenges Greensboro's mayor, city council and staff to tour his company's landfills in Wake and Sampson counties before making a final determination on which vendor to select for the operation of the White Street Landfill. He argues that his company's proposal offers superior cost savings and Waste Industries' track record puts it ahead of the competition.

Full text after the jump:

WASTE INDUSTRIES

From: Ven Poole, chief executive officer
To: The city of Greensboro mayor and city council

Subject: Further review of shortlisted proposals and infrastructure needs

Date: May 16, 2011

Based on HDR Consulting Engineers’ further review of shortlisted proposals, it is clear that Waste Industries’ cost to the city of Greensboro is tens of millions of dollars less than the other two proposals being considered. $20 million less than the Advanced Disposal proposal and $31 million less than the Gate City Proposal over a 15 year contract term. Waste Industries will enable the city to cut its current total cost over 15 years by more than $120 million.

The vast savings that can be realized will provide much more than the $54 million cited by Bob Morgan, deputy city manager, needed for total investment for the roads and utilities infrastructure for economic development in the White Street Landfill area.

Moving beyond the cost-savings superiority of the Waste Industries proposal, the Greensboro mayor and city council must acknowledge that no other proposer brings 41 years of solid waste management and recycling experience to the table. They don’t even come close.

Before making a final determination, Waste Industries continues to strongly encourage the mayor, city council and staff to tour the Wake County-owned and Waste Industries-operated South Wake Landfill and our Sampson Disposal LLC owned and operated by Waste Industries in Sampson County. There will be no doubt that Waste Industries is the most uniquely qualified to partner with the City of Greensboro.


The three short-listed proposals are available for review here. Scroll down and click on the link for "solid waste proposals financial comparison" to see staff's analysis.

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