Mountlake Terrace to build new decant facility
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Reprinted from the MLT News
A new decant facility, used to separate contaminated liquid and solid wastes from city public works maintenance remains, will be built at the City of Mountlake Terrace Operations Facility at a cost of almost $800,000 following the approval of the Mountlake Terrace City Council on August 5.
To comply with federal standards for the discarding of waste generated from street sweeping, catch basin cleaning, pipe cleaning and hydro excavation, the city will have a decant facility built in a storage yard at their operations facility, 6204-215th St SW. McClure and Sons Inc. was awarded the project at a city cost of $794,726; the Mill Creek construction company submitted the lowest of six bids for the project.
Prior to 2011, the City of Mountlake Terrace Public Works Department sent waste requiring decanting to a King County operation in Shoreline. Following the closure of that site the City of Mountlake Terrace has been using a decanting facility in Renton for the past two years.
Construction on the new city decant facility is expected to begin in September. Construction costs will be paid for from City of Mountlake Terrace Sewer, Stormwater and Water Funds.
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Do you ever even try to relate news stories, Diane? Brugger's Bog, Hello?
It's part of the mysterious "operational efficiencies" on the part of the City of Shoreline. The same day they approved the purchase of Bruggers Bog storage yard for maintenance, fueling, and decant, they also approved a 3 year interlocal agreement with Mountlake Terrace for MAINTENANCE, SERVICES, AND FUELING: http://cosweb.ci.shoreline.wa.us/uploads/attachments/cck/council/staffreports/2012/staffreport111912-7b.pdf
A King County condition of sale for the Bruggers Bog facility was to provide at cost decant and fuel by the City of Shoreline to King County. The City is required to make any and all investments to bring the decant and fuel facilities at Bruggers Bog up to current standards to put them back into service to serve King County. In other words, Shoreline has to spend money to serve King County. What a great deal, and tomorrow night the City of Shoreline has on the consent calendar an item to approve a $3.5 million bond to borrow the money just to buy Bruggers Bog from King County since they don't have the money.
And the City has the nerve to criticize Ronald Wastewater, which has no debt.
Swish!
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