Boulder City trash firm being sold

Jennifer Shubinski

Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004 | 9:59 a.m.

Waste Logistics of Nevada is in the process of purchasing Boulder City Disposal, Boulder City's trash hauling company and landfill operator, for an undisclosed purchase price.

The company will continue to do business as Boulder City Disposal. Steve Kalish is the president and chief operating officer of Waste Logistics of Nevada.

Kalish resigned in June as area president of Republic Services of Southern Nevada, the valley's dominant trash hauler.

David Christensen, president of Boulder City Disposal, said the company has been a family-owned business for eight years.

"It's been a good company," he said.

Christensen said it was just time to sell the company. Christensen said he also is a partner in Silver Dollar Recycling.

The company employs 20 people and its manager will continue to operate the company, Christensen said.

"It should be a smooth transition," he said.

The sale of the company is dependent on Boulder City Council's approval and its decision on whether it will keep its contract with Boulder City Disposal under the new ownership. If approved, the company will change hands Jan. 1, Christensen said.

The contract ends in 2008 and can be extended until 2013. How much the contract is worth was not immediately available. The city does not pay the company for its services, rather income is generated through fees for residential and commercial trash hauling.

The council also will consider a rate increase of 10 percent for residential and 15 percent for commercial trash hauling. Rates have not been increased for six years, said Jim Ferrence, spokesman for Kalish.

Vicki Mayes, Boulder City manager, said the rate increase is not because of the ownership change. She said the city had been in negotiations with Boulder City Disposal on a rate increase.

The company's contract stipulates that after five years of a rate freeze, which came up in October 2003, it can renegotiate those rates with the city, Mayes said.com