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Municipal Waste Management Association 2002 Pittsburgh, PA. Everett Bass Vice President Public Sector Services. Your Waste Management Advocate. 1987 – 1992 1992 – 2000 Director of Solid Waste Director of Solid Waste Mgmt. City of Tampa City of Houston
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Municipal Waste Management Association2002Pittsburgh, PA Everett Bass Vice President Public Sector Services
Your Waste Management Advocate 1987 – 19921992 – 2000 Director of Solid Waste Director of Solid Waste Mgmt. City of Tampa City of Houston Contracted with: Contracted with: -Waste Management -Waste Management -Wheelabrator -BFI -Kimmons -Sanifill -Laidlaw -TransAmerica -Republic Waste -USA Waste
Partnership opportunities are controlled by the following mindsets: • Pro Public Sector • Anti Public Sector • Pro Private Sector • Anti Private Sector
Waste Management Seeking Partnerships! PARTNERSHIP: • Contractual arrangements that are mutually beneficial • Partnerships are made because of people-to-people arrangements • Successful relationships are built on trust and respect
Partnership Opportunities Solid Waste Collection 100 largest cities in the US Combination Combination Municipal Employees Open Competition Contract or Franchise Contract or Franchise Municipal Employees Open Competition Residential Waste Commercial Waste SWANA 2002
Partnership Opportunities US Landfill Ownership Cities greater than 100,000 residents Publicly Owned and Privately Operated Publicly Owned Privately Owned and Operated Privately Owned Publicly Owned and Operated Volume Disposed Number of Landfills SWANA 2002
Turning a bad situation into a positive arrangement Waste Management Partnerships Prince George County MRF
Guaranteed revenue stream for County through host fee agreement Maximized processing efficiency of facility Commodity risk offset by increase in volumes Waste Management Partnerships Prince George County, Maryland
Waste Management Partnerships A promise kept!!! Grand Opening Ceremony Ferris, Texas
Waste Management Partnerships New WM Hauling CompanyFerris, Texas • Support for landfill expansion in exchange for relocation of hauling company • New facility to employ 125 people • Host fees used to repave streets, add curbs and gutters, buy ambulances
Waste Management Partnerships Monroe County, New York • Life lease for operation, marketing and management of the Mill Seat Landfill • Initial payment to the County on 1/15/02 of $18M with 10 annual payments of $3.3M to follow • We pay no property taxes – we own everything but the land Waste Management helped minimize a budget crisis
Waste Management Partnerships Monroe County, New York • County entering into inter-municipal agreements with Towns and Villages to bring more waste to the site – County receives additional royalty payments – mutually beneficial – we make more they get more • Political support for permit modifications • Partnerships with County insures this is another win/win
The Basis for Working Together • Shift the discussion from Public vs. Private to Public and Private • Find areas of mutual benefit and interest • Recognize we will disagree on some things, but probably fewer than we think