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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Alter talking in Richmond with representatives from the Division of Solid Waste Management and meeting with Rusty Stuart of Browning-Ferris Inc. last week in Washington, the supervisors voted on Monday to reject B-FI’s proposal for hauling and disposing of Rappahannock’s trash.
And as the July 1 closure date for the Clark landfill draws nearer, the supervisors appear to be banking on extension of that privately owned and operated facility as the short term solution to the county’s trash crisis.
According to administrative assistant John McCarthy, B-FI’s bid of $359,825 was rejected after Monday’s executive session on the grounds that the price exceeded the amount allocated for trash disposal in the 1987-88 budget. The Fred-ericksburg firm, the only bidder on the hauling contract, offered to maintain collection bins with 90 cubic yards capacity at Flint Hill, Scrabble and Amissville and to empty the bins four times a week for $22,950. Then for an additional $25 per ton, B-FI would dispose of the solid waste at a private landfill near Richmond. At Rappahannock’s current trash production level, the annual collection, hauling and disposal cost would work out to $359,825 —$160,000 more than the supervisors have allocated for next year.
Mr. McCarthy said on Monday that the board has no plans as yet to solicit another round of bids.
As to progress on the “in-principle” agreement struck two weeks ago with Culpeper County to take Rap
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