Larimer partners with private firm to operate new landfill

FORT COLLINS – Larimer County has selected a private company to negotiate a public-private partnership agreement to operate its next landfill, transfer station and recycling center.

The Board of Larimer County Commissioners at its regular administrative-matters meeting on Tuesday voted 3-0 to approve a memorandum of understanding between the county and Republic Services to negotiate the operation of the new facility, located north of Wellington and two miles south of the Rawhide power plant.

“This is a legacy decision today. We’re setting a course for our county for dealing with something that every resident has a touchpoint with,” said Larimer County Commissioner…