Pat Suiter of Bluegrass Recycling apologized to the Fiscal Court on Tuesday saying he was not trying to stir things up at the last meeting only looking for answers.

Suiter, who has served as the county’s recycling broker for the past two years, came to the court’s last meeting asking why the county was choosing to partner with another broker out of the state instead of him.

Suiter’s company Bluegrass Recycling has been buying the county’s recycling materials for the past two years.

The court had made a decision last month to leave Bluegrass and go with QRS, a company out of St. Louis, Mo., who solicited their services to the court and made promises to reorganize the county’s recycling center as well as purchase its commodities for more $5 above the yellow sheet price for recycling.

Suiter told the court Tuesday that he wanted what was best for Logan County and if they could get more money by going with QRS then he would support the change.

Suiter says he “didn’t make his living” off of Logan County and gave the court some advise about the recycling business.

“The only way you can make money off of recycling is by volume. You would need to increase your volume and get a bigger building with more equipment,” said Suiter.

Magistrate Dickie Carter wants the county to stop subsidizing the recycling program.

“I don’t want to keep paying $80,000 out in taxpayer’s money to run the recycling. This other company said they can make us money,” said Carter.

Another suggestion Carter made included having a manager over the recycling center instead of just a deputy from the jail who watches over the inmate labor.

“The solid waste coordinator used to run that place and she (Debbie Nelson) did a good job. It is a mess out there now with trash everywhere. It looks terrible,” said Carter. “I think we can do better than what we have been doing. I would like to see someone out there who can run the recycling and report back to the court.”

Suiter was never asked to run the program. His responsibilities included placing a truck out at the site, picking up the commodities, storing them and then selling them.

Jailer Bill Jenkins, currently oversees the recycling program, and agreed with Carter but said the court would need to appoint someone who was already an employee to do the job otherwise they would have to create another position which would cost more money to the county.

Suiter agreed and said Jenkins really didn’t have the time to do it.

“It shouldn’t be Bill’s responsibility,” said Suiter.

Suiter handed out a commodity price list to the court. He remind the court that he doesn’t set the prices or the market and he doesn’t charge the court to warehouse.

Magistrate Thomas Bloudin reminded the court they had made a decision to look over both companies and come back with a recommendation in 30 days on which one would benefit the county more.