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Discussion on commercial waste transfer stations and contract allocation in Hunts Point
1:27:52
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Council Member Salamanca raises concerns about the allocation of commercial waste collection contracts in Hunts Point, particularly regarding local businesses not being awarded contracts in their own community.
- Highlighted the presence of commercial waste transfer stations in Hunts Point
- Expressed frustration about local waste companies not receiving contracts for their immediate area
- Questioned the logic behind awarding contracts to companies outside the district
- Commissioner Lojan explained that the RFP process considered factors such as operations, capacity, and pricing
Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
1:27:52
Commissioner, so you know in Hunts Point, I have I have commercial waste transfer stations.
Frank Marshall
1:27:57
Mhmm.
Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
1:27:57
Transfer waste stations.
1:27:59
And it was one of the biggest parts of our conversations back in 2017, '20 '18 when I was here in the council.
1:28:06
And it con it's it and it still continues to be.
1:28:09
I was in the Hunts Point Fish Market yesterday, I drove by, and and I saw the the transfer stations.
1:28:15
Now one of the frustrations that some of the businesses had when the commercial waste zones were when you were allocating routes to them, were that there were many waste companies that pick up commercial waste in Hunts Point that were not awarded those contracts locally.
1:28:35
And they were awarded contracts outside of the district.
1:28:38
And so if you can please speak a little bit on that because I found it a little frustrating to think that we wanted to eliminate the amount of trucks that are driving through our communities, but you have businesses in the community that can pick up garbage in the community, but they were not awarded the contracts in the community.
1:28:57
They were awarded contracts in other boroughs.
Javier Lojan
1:29:00
So I'll I'll just speak to part of the RFP process.
1:29:06
I think a lot of that was evaluated.
1:29:10
The operations and capacity I I mean, I can I I will pass it on to assistant commissioner Frank Marshall for a little bit more detail, but some of the the operations, the capacity might have had a lot to do with it, and then the pricing?
1:29:23
So those are the things that might have driven that but do you want to speak a little bit about some of the Bronx awardees?
1:29:30
How