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An agenda item that would have awarded the contract for commercial waste collection to Republic Waste was not approved by the City of Brownsville Commission at Tuesday's meeting in the wake of a motion for a Temporary restraining Order and Injunction filed by Brownsville GMS, a competitor, in district court.
The item was included in the consent agenda section of the meeting, but was pulled out after the city learned of the filing in court.
The award of the $50 million-plus five-year contract is being challenged in the 445th District Court and visiting judge Robert Pate, from Corpus Christi will schedule a hearing on it at an as of yet undisclosed time.
GMS, the current vendor, has continued to handle the city's commercial solid waste contract on a month-to-month basis under the terms of the 2011 contract since October 2016.
An agenda item that would have awarded the contract for commercial waste collection to Republic Waste was not approved by the City of Brownsville Commission at Tuesday's meeting in the wake of a motion for a Temporary restraining Order and Injunction filed by Brownsville GMS, a competitor, in district court.
The item was included in the consent agenda section of the meeting, but was pulled out after the city learned of the filing in court.
The award of the $50 million-plus five-year contract is being challenged in the 445th District Court and visiting judge Robert Pate, from Corpus Christi will schedule a hearing on it at an as of yet undisclosed time.
GMS, the current vendor, has continued to handle the city's commercial solid waste contract on a month-to-month basis under the terms of the 2011 contract since October 2016.