This podcast contains comments from the July 25, 2024 College Station city council meeting.

The general manager of Twin Oaks landfill, which is co-owned by the cities of College Station and Bryan, presented an update during the last College Station city council meeting.

Bryan Griesbach said the budget approved by the landfill board of the Brazos Valley Solid Waste Management Agency (BVSWMA) includes for the first time, the twin cities not being charged a tipping fee.

Additionally, the landfill will be paying the cities fees charged by the state and by Grimes County, where the landfill is located. That amounts to $1.58 a ton in savings to the cities. In College Station, that is a savings of $118,500 dollars and in Bryan a savings of $94,800 dollars.

Griesbach also reported that gas produced by the compacted trash and exported by a third party is resulting in the landfill receiving about $200,000 dollar a month.

The council was also told that the three to six year process has started of getting a state permit to build the landfill's next cell, which won't be needed for approximately 40 years.

Click HERE to read and download BVSWMA presentation materials shown during the July 25, 2024 College Station city council meeting.

Click HERE to read and download the BVSWMA fiscal year 2025 budget as provided by the city of College Station.