The Denton City Council is set to vote Tuesday, Oct. 13, on an agreement that would lock in a discounted price for solid waste Little Elm sends to Denton's landfill.
Under the interlocal agreement on Denton's consent agenda, Little Elm would deliver 2,000 tons of solid waste a year in exchange for a disposal charge of $40 a ton. That works out to as much as $80,000 a year in revenue for Denton's solid waste fund, according to a Denton staff summary. Little Elm already uses the landfill.
The deal would run two years. It would be reviewed and trued up each year and include an annual inflation escalator, the summary says. Denton's Public Utilities Board recommended it on Oct. 5.
Why Denton wants it
Denton's landfill staff say they want predictable volumes of trash for both revenue and planning. For the past two years the landfill has held contracts with two cities and four private companies to deliver 143,900 tons of waste a year, bringing in more than $6 million annually, according to the staff summary.
Denton says the new agreements are meant to help stabilize rates for its solid waste fund.
The Little Elm deal is one of five guaranteed-tonnage agreements on the same agenda. The others are with Wise County and three private waste companies.
