$400k savings: County okays trash deal over Empire's pleas

Whitman County commissioners unanimously signed a new waste disposal contract Monday despite pleas by a local trash hauler to reconsider.

Dave Patterson, district manager of Waste Connections which owns Empire Disposal, asked commissioners to delay their decision and review the three proposals submitted to the county.

“Please look at it and make sure where the costs and the services are so you can make the best-informed decision you can,” Patterson urged the commission.

Public Works Director Mark Storey advised commissioners the proposed contract from Regional Disposal Company, formerly Allied...